Katia Abreu
In a long-awaited move, Brazilian Agriculture Minister Katia Abreu announced the country will unveil a plan on May 6 that will revamp the country’s bureaucracy-mired regulatory framework.
El Plan Nacional de Defensa Agropecuaria tiene como objetivo modernizar el marco regulatorio de los productos químicos fitosanitarios y reestructurar los laboratorios de análisis de enfermedades y plagas, dijo el ministro tras reunirse con la presidenta Dilma Rousseff.
“This plan is a major breakthrough in agricultural defense of the country. Our goal is to signal to our customers in Brazil, first, and also the rest of the world that we have commitment to health issues,” Abreu said during a press conference earlier this week.
También el 6 de mayo, Abreu lanzará nuevas regulaciones de la herramienta del Sistema Brasileño de Inspección (Sisbi) que descentralizará los servicios de inspección federal y ampliará la agroindustrialización de los productos de la agricultura familiar.
“This regulation has been expected since 2006 and represents a real possibility of increasing the income of small farmers and the expansion of the rural middle class goal we have pursued,” Abreu said.