Brazil and Germany sign technical cooperation agreement in the agricultural sector

The governments of Brazil and Germany signed last Saturday (18) a memorandum of understanding for the German-Brazilian Agropolitical Dialogue. The agreement was signed between ministers Tereza Cristina (Agriculture, Livestock and Supply) and Julia Klöckner (German Food and Agriculture), in Berlin.

The agreement provides for technical cooperation, exchange of information (seminars, fairs, courses), technical visits and publication of joint material in various sectors of agriculture, such as bioeconomy, sustainable management (soil and water), sustainable agri-food chains, rural financing, agricultural policy and connectivity. A group, made up of representatives from both countries and Brazilian and German agricultural sectors, will draw up a work plan and coordinate execution. The agreement lasts three years and can be extended.

“This agreement will bring the two countries closer together, we will exchange knowledge and we will be able to showcase the technology we developed to create Brazilian tropical agriculture,” said Tereza Cristina.

The signing took place after a meeting of Agriculture ministers participating in the Global Food and Agriculture Forum (GFFA), with the participation of more than 200 ministers and secretaries from around the world. At the meeting, Tereza Cristina reinforced that only 2,3% of the territory is used for agricultural production and 10,5% for livestock farming, that is, more than 85% of the biome is preserved. She highlighted that Brazil will disseminate the direct planting system model, which has become widely used in the country in recent decades, as it provides production with less impact on the soil and greater profitability for the producer.

At the end of the meeting, the minister once again highlighted that it is necessary to seek a balance between agricultural productivity and sustainability, in addition to defending that agriculture cannot be seen as the villain of environmental problems occurring in the world.

The ministers signed a final declaration in which they committed to the search for sustainable agriculture to meet the global demand for food.