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The agreement was signed by ministers Tereza Cristina (Brazilian Agriculture, Livestock and Supply) and Julia Klöckner (Food and Agriculture in Germany) in Berlin. Picture: Collected[/caption]
GFMM desk: The Brazilian and German governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the German-Brazilian Agriculturalist Dialogue on last Saturday (January 18, 2020). The agreement was signed between Tereza Christina (Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supplies) and Julia Klockner (Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in Germany) in Berlin.
The agreement includes technical cooperation, information exchange (seminars, fairs, courses), technical inspections and the publication of joint elements in various sectors of agriculture, such as bio-economics, sustainable management (soil and water), sustainable agri-food chains, rural financing, agricultural policies and there are connections. Representatives from both countries, and a group composed of the Brazilian and German agricultural sectors, will outline an action plan and integrate performance. The contract will last for 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 show the technology we have developed to create Brazilian tropical agriculture", said Tereza Cristina. The signing came after a meeting of agricultural ministers who attended the Global Forum on Food and Agriculture (GFFA) attended by more than 200 ministers and secretaries worldwide.
At the meeting, Tereza Cristina emphasized that only 2.3% of the Amazon area was used for agricultural production and 10.5% for livestock, meaning that more than 85% of bio-me was saved. She noted that Brazil will spread the no-till system model, which has been widely used in the country in recent decades. Because it has less impact on the soil and provides more productive produce for growers.
At the end of the meeting, the Minister reiterated that a balance between productivity and sustainability in agriculture is necessary. Apart from this defense, agriculture cannot be identified as the villain of the environmental problems that have come upon the earth.
The ministers have signed a final declaration so that they are committed to finding sustainable farming to meet global demand for food.
After the commitment in Germany ended the minister left for India. Earlier, Tereza Cristina started a position in Italy for a bilateral meeting at the local agriculture ministry.
In Berlin, Tereza Cristina holds a bilateral meeting with Argentina, the Netherlands, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and FAO Director General Dongyu Qi on Friday (January 17, 2020).
Source: Online/SZK
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