A technological city to be built in São Paulo, where Ceagesp is installed, is currently expected to be a source of funds for Embrapa’s budget, said Minister Blairo Maggi (Agriculture, Livestock and Supply) at the closing of the meeting of company managers , on Thursday (29). “The financial result of this operation of the rent, in short, of what there is, will serve to that Embrapa has something different, outside the fight of the annual budget,” he said.
Blairo Maggi said he had already talked about this with the future Minister Tereza Cristina, who will succeed him in the new government. “She agreed it’s a good way.” The Ceagesp located in the Jaguaré Neighborhood, West Zone of the capital, should be transferred by the state government. “If the land is sold, the money is lost. So it better be that way, “he remarked.
In his speech, the minister recalled the international recognition of Embrapa, he defended that there is a charge for the transfer of technology to other countries that have an interest in making agreements with the company. And he added that the country’s agriculture would not be the same, were it not for the contribution of research and technologies developed by the scientists in the Embrapa framework.
He also spoke about the future and the speed with which there is transformation in the sector, nowadays. “I want an Embrapa that corresponds to the new moment that Brazil, in fact that all the humanity lives, in this direction of knowledge, of rapid changes, of urgent adaptation. Otherwise, we’re behind. And Embrapa should not be left behind, it must be a company that has the freedom of thought, which has the responsibility to do things for the future. “
The minister received a commendation from Embrapa in recognition of the work carried out during his term in the Ministry of Agriculture.
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The two-year, seven-month period at the helm of the ministry, according to Maggi, has in recent years been one of the longest-lived. This is important, he said, to carry out government purposes, such as allowing him to resume the decision on the destination of the resources of the Agricultural and Livestock Plan (PAP).
“Money is an important part, although it is only part of the agricultural policy. But we had to tell the Central Bank, the Treasury: you define the resources, the availability, we will discuss interest rates, but where is going, how to do, what is the priority, is the role of Agriculture. “
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.