Antônio Pitangui de Salvo, the president of the National Commission of Bovinocultura de Corte of the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA), defended on Tuesday (11), a panel at the International Conference of Cattlemen (Interconf) in Goiânia ), that the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MPLS) is one of the three main portfolios of the next government.
According to the leader, the agricultural sector must be among the priorities of the next president. At the opportunity, Pitangui also spoke about the entity’s actions aimed at small, medium and large producers, acting at all links in the chain.
“We need to do a strong job and show the world that Brazilian farmers and ranchers produce in a sustainable and efficient way. It is necessary to separate the technical debate from the ideological debate, “he said.
Luciano Vaccari, the former executive director of the Association of Breeders of Mato Grosso (Acrimat), stated that “the country should applaud the quality of the rural producer every day, praising the good things and working to reduce the failures.”
Also taking part in the panel were the President-in-Office of the Federation of Agriculture and Livestock of Goiás (FAEG), Bartolomeu Braz Pereira, and the President of the Livestock Commission of the FAEG, Maurício Velloso.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.