Agroecology improves the lives of family farmers
The National Plan for Agroecology and Organic Production (Planapo) aims to include producers, family farmers, agrarian reform settlers, indigenous peoples and traditional peoples and communities in agroecological transition systems. Its first cycle ran from 2013-2015 and stood out as a successful experience of participatory construction in public policy, which promoted advances in the creation, […]
Federarroz summons rice farmers to vote in the Legislative Assembly
This Tuesday, September 13th, the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul will vote on Governor José Ivo Sartori's veto of Bill (PL) 181/2013, which deals with the deferral of ICMS on rice production. The Federation of Rice Growers Associations of Rio Grande do Sul (Federarroz) is against the proposal […]
Interim minister and governor of Amazonas discuss foot-and-mouth disease
The interim minister Eumar Novacki (Agriculture, Livestock and Supply) and the governor of Amazonas, José Melo de Oliveira, discussed this Monday (12), in Brasília, how to make the entire state a foot-and-mouth disease-free zone with vaccination. Currently, only the municipalities of Guajará, Boca do Acre and part of Lábrea and Canutama have this status. O […]
