Embrapa and ministries sign technical cooperation agreements

This Tuesday (19), Embrapa, the ministries of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), Agrarian Development and Family Farming (MDA) and Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA), Banco do Brasil and Incra sign cooperation agreements technique, financing contracts and Decentralized Execution Terms to strengthen family farming, fishing and aquaculture and financing sustainable production. 

With the MDA, Embrapa will sign a general cooperation agreement for investments in research and innovation in the areas of food security, production of bio-inputs, adaptation of machinery and equipment for family farming, technical assistance and rural extension (Ater), Ater Digital with the Family Farming HubTech project, transfer of technology to agrarian reform settlers, traditional peoples and communities and family farmers, dairy production, strengthening agroecology and organic production, expansion of genetics generated by agricultural research, agro-industries, bioeconomy and food supply. The funds will be transferred through a set of Decentralized Execution Terms (TEDs), worth R$23 million.

Within the scope of this cooperation agreement, technology transfer actions are planned for the cultivation of Amazonian coffee, expansion of cotton cultivation, provision of cassava cultivars within the scope of the Reniva Network (cassava propagative material), strengthening of the honey production chain, productive restoration in territories of traditional peoples and communities, production of bio-inputs by associations and cooperatives, implementation of Embrapa community systems, among others.

A cooperation agreement will be signed with the MPA that will involve Embrapa, MDA and Incra. Three Decentralized Execution Terms will be signed for the implementation of the following projects: the monitoring and assessment of the environmental impact of aquaculture production in Union waters and the carbon life cycle (Embrapa Environment), the strengthening of agri-food systems of native species of molluscs in coastal areas of Pernambuco, Sergipe and Alagoas (Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros) and, in partnership with IBGE, support the use of remote sensing and geoprocessing techniques as a tool to support agricultural statistics (Embrapa Territorial). With Banco do Brasil, Embrapa enters into a financing contract that provides for sustainable production benefiting members of family farming.

Solemnity

The ceremony “Embrapa 50 years: Science and Government united for sustainability and productive inclusion in the field” will be attended by ministers Paulo Teixeira (MDA), André de Paula (MPA), Irajá Lacerda (substitute minister, Mapa), the National Secretary of Aquaculture, Tereza Nelma, the vice-president of Agribusiness at Banco do Brasil, Luiz Gustavo Lage, the president of Embrapa, Silvia Massruhá and her Executive Board, the director of Development and Consolidation of Settlement Projects at INCRA, Maria Rosilene Bezerra Rodrigues , in addition to directors of international organizations such as IICA, FAO, World Bank, as well as Sebrae, the Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives (OCB) and the National Confederation of Farmers (CNA), at Embrapa headquarters (Brasília, DF).