The proposals of the Brazilian Agriculture and Livestock Confederation (CNA) for the Agricultural and Livestock Plan (PAP) 2024/2025, delivered this week to the Ministry of Agriculture, faithfully translate the needs of rural producers in the assessment of the president of the Agriculture Federation and Livestock of the State of Santa Catarina (Faesc), José Zeferino Pedrozo.
The proposals were prepared with the participation of Faesc and other Federations, Rural Unions, producers and sectoral entities. The document contains ten points considered priorities for the next Harvest Plan, focused on increasing financeable resources and volume for rural insurance; priority for investment lines; regulation of the law that created the Catastrophe Fund; promotion of the capital market and private securities, among others.
“It is essential that the resources are accessible, with affordable costs and that they are available in all bank branches that operate with rural credit at the right time”, highlights Pedrozo. He explained that “the producer has the right time to buy inputs, cultivate, plant and harvest and if the money is not available when it is needed, the harvest will be harmed”.
In addition to the priority proposals, the document has 7 chapters: Introduction, Fundamental Guidelines for Strengthening Agricultural Policies, Rural Credit, Family Farming, Risk Management for Agricultural Activities, Commercialization and Capital Markets.
The president of Faesc echoed the CNA's main demand, which is related to the volume of rural insurance resources. He recalled that the climatic adversities caused by the El Niño phenomenon – prolonged droughts or excessive rainfall – harm the sector, which also suffers from diseases and pests. Therefore, the government needs to increase the supply of credit, as insurance is a basic need for producers to remain in business.
Insurance helps maintain production levels and control food inflation, Pedrozo recalled.
Among the ten proposals released, the CNA highlights in the document the guarantee of supplementation of R$2,1 billion to the Rural Insurance Premium Subsidy Program (PSR) in 2024 (totaling R$3 billion) and R$4 billion for 2025 .
The entity also proposes R$570 billion in financeable resources from the PAP, with R$359 billion for funding and marketing, R$111 billion for investments and R$100 billion for family farming. The Confederation defends the guarantee that the announced resources are available throughout the harvest.
The CNA's proposals for the Agricultural Plan were published in full by Revista Cultivar. Check out all the information by clicking on link.
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