Agriculture Minister Carlos Fávaro said on Monday 22 that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wants to improve relations with agribusiness, despite the tension between the sector and the PT administration. In an interview with the program Living wheelfrom the TelevisionCulturehe also said he was in favor of the indigenous lands time frame.
According to Fávaro, Lula “subsequently requests to be close to the agro”. “(The president) wants to get closer, she asks me why he doesn’t like him,” said Fávaro. The relationship between government and agriculture has deteriorated with the series of invasions of productive properties by the Movimento dos Sem Terra (MST).
The minister admitted that Lula has already made “strong sentences” on the agro. Recently, in a demonstration in Bahia, the PT called ruralists “fascists” after the Minister of Agriculture was disinvited by the Agrishow, in Ribeirão Preto (SP).
Fávaro cited the initiatives of past Lula administrations, such as the regulation of the use of transgenics in Brazil, the creation of the National Biodiesel Program and the renegotiation of a 20-year debt in the agricultural sector. “Because of all this, agribusiness has moved from one level to a much higher level, thanks to President Lula’s tenacity and dedication. So, when he makes a slightly stronger statement, we have to respect his political position.” , he said. .
Regarding the Agrishow episode, Fávaro said that the former president of the fair, Francisco Matturro, had become involved in a breach of protocol. “It wasn’t noticed that he was getting involved in political issues,” the minister said. Fávaro’s absence and former President Jair Bolsonaro’s presence on the first day of the country’s main agricultural technology fair prompted friction between the government and the organizers of the event earlier this month. “For me the case is over,” said the minister.
When asked about the actions to pacify the government’s relations with the agri-food sector, the minister specified that practically all the class bodies representing the sector have already been received by the Ministry of Agriculture to report difficulties and seek solutions and public policies. “The dialogue has advanced a lot,” he said.
Time frame
The minister also addressed the delimitation of indigenous lands, which is a recurring theme on the agribusiness agenda. The case is also under discussion in the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and will be tried on 7 June. The Agricultural Parliamentary Front (FPA) defends the approval of the bill 490/2007, called PL do Marco Temporal, which defines as indigenous lands those occupied by traditional peoples until October 5, 1988 – date of the Constitution – as a way to anticipate the Court.
“I’m in favor of the time period, which brings legal certainty,” said Fávaro. He said he was convinced that the STF is aware of the difficulties of the discussion and will take a “balanced decision, with respect for both parties”.
The minister also said that there is a need for “space” for indigenous peoples to develop and satisfy their demands and needs. “We still see indigenous people in deplorable states in a country with so much wealth and so much abundance. This needs to be corrected,” he said. However, the minister reflected on the fact that this concession cannot take place “at the expense of such an important sector”, referring to the occupation of productive land.
For the minister, the delimitation, if it begins, should start from the regions with the greatest conflicts, and compensation must be paid to producers who need to leave some property. “It is possible to do it, good will is needed and President Lula’s government has this good will,” he underlined.
Production
The minister also affirmed that in Brazil it is possible to produce without deforestation and declared that the government plans to create credit lines through the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), for investments in the recovery of degraded land. Fávaro said that even in the Cerrado, where most of the country’s cereal agriculture is concentrated, agriculture could be advanced without clearing, planting only in degraded areas.
He even condemned the encroachment on unproductive lands. According to him, the MST can use demonstrations, for example, as a form of protest. “It’s legitimate and it’s part of democracy,” he said. “Now, invading Embrapa lands I don’t understand why to do it,” he added. Fávaro also emphasized that the movement is also productive and is related to agribusiness and the production of sustainable and organic food. “Dreaming and fighting for land is also legitimate, but it cannot be messy and outside the law,” he said.
Source: Terra
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