Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje with Brazilian Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro in Delhi.
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Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Carlos Fávaro mentioned in Delhi on Thursday that cooperative manufacturing and cooperative advertising in the agricultural sector will help deal with the disaster that has hit world commerce in meals, particularly after the war-like conditions in Ukraine and Gaza. Pitching for peace, Mr. Fávaro mentioned the conflicts should finish and the problem of meals could be addressed by cooperative manufacturing. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a seminar on ‘Perspectives and the Future of India-Brazil Relations in the Agribusiness Sector.’
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He mentioned the Brazil authorities, beneath the management of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is set to amplify its relations with India, not simply in the sphere of agriculture however in the business and industrial sectors, too. Both international locations signed two Memorandums of Understanding on cooperation in the space of meals security and vegetable oil industries. “We will strengthen our relations in agricultural and climatic research too, and we are ready to transfer technologies in these and in the area of cooperatives. We will like to strengthen our collaboration and our relations to combat hunger and make food available to all,” he mentioned.
He mentioned the Brazil authorities is for forming cooperatives in the agricultural sector. “I was the founding president of a cooperative. We understand that cooperatives are the essence to strengthen small-hold farmers and it would guarantee competitiveness. Cooperatives can also engage in purchasing and selling of produce too so that chances of small producers become better and they can industrialise their production. Brazil can formalise its relations with Indian cooperatives. Strengthening the commercial activities and transferring technologies to cooperatives will always be supported by the Brazil government,” he mentioned, buttressing the significance of cooperatives in the current world state of affairs.
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He mentioned Brazil doesn’t see struggle as a business alternative. “Peace is the objective of Brazil. The conflicts must end,” he mentioned, including that the nation is able to assist in fixing the drawback of starvation. “Brazil had a technological revolution in the field of agriculture. We changed from an importer of food to an exporter of food. We have produced 580% more foodgrains than required [within the country] in the last 50 years. We are launching a programme to increase the productivity of 40 million hectares of land. We will not use our forests for this. We will preserve our forests. We will guarantee the food necessities for the whole world in the future. We see India as a partner in this process,” Mr. Fávaro mentioned.
On questions on fires in the Amazon forests, he mentioned: “We know the importance of forests. We have reduced the cutting of forests by 50%. Forest fires created by criminals have decreased by ten times,” Mr. Fávaro mentioned.
