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With the decree published on January 1, 2023 to restructure the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, it took effect on Tuesday, January 24. However, the former Secretariat of Innovation, Sustainable Development and Irrigation also became involved with cooperativism, know more!
In addition, the Secretariat will continue to be responsible for super important topics such as Sustainability, Innovation, Competitiveness Layer, Agricultural Bioeconomy, and Cooperativism. By the way, on Thursday, the 19th, food engineer Renata Bueno Miranda was appointed to lead the SDI, being the first woman to take command of the Secretariat.
In a speech, Renata said: “The SDI is focused on sustainability, innovation, competitiveness, the addition of value to production chains, but with a focus on the territory with its peculiarities and autonomy. This Secretariat holds the responsibility to modernize and harmonize our production system concerning the quality of life of the Brazilian population and the world.”
As mandated by the decree, the Secretariat will be responsible for formulating public policies for Innovation and rural development that are based on innovative and sustainable agricultural practices. The objective is to promote integrations with other public policies.
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While Russia dominates the global wheat market, Brazil emerges as an unexpected competitor in the Cerrado, offering grain available in July and August when stocks in the Northern Hemisphere are at their lowest point of the year.
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China returned almost 20 Brazilian ships with soybeans, but now everything could change: the country that buys 80% of the grain is considering relaxing regulations after impurities held up shipments of thousands of tons and caused million-dollar losses.
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Chinese giant worth nearly R$ 4 billion that manufactures cables for electric cars, solar energy, and robotics wants to open a factory in SC.
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Many employers do not know, but the law guarantees domestic workers a 25% increase in salary during trips, 50% for overtime, 20% for night shifts, and 17 additional benefits that can lead to labor lawsuits if not paid.
Thus, from this point, it will seek improvements in the Brazilian environment and innovation in agriculture, which also includes connectivity programs, such as a digital ecosystem, bioeconomy of new technologies, competitiveness, and sustainability of production chains, be they agricultural, livestock, or forestry.
Moreover, the improvements would also be geared towards rural cooperativism and associativism and even other objectives. However, divided into six departments, the SDI will count on the support of the Department of Support and Innovation for Agriculture, also with the support of the Department of Development of Productive Chains and geographical indications, among other bodies. In this case, the focus will be on sustainable production and even on value addition.
In this way, the SDI will continue to seek to increase sustainable agricultural production, which will lead to the implementation of plans, actions, programs, and activities. One of the objectives is also the recovery of degraded areas, and the Union will promote the development and dissemination of sustainable technology; according to Renata, modernization and harmonization are part of a transformation into a more sustainable production system.
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