Bahia encourages agricultural diversification with experimental project in Entre Rios

The municipality of Entre Rios, in the North Coast of Bahia, will be the beneficiary of an experimental agriculture project to be executed by the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Irrigation, Fishing and Aquaculture (Seagri). The cooperation agreement was signed on Tuesday (18) by the Secretary of Seagri, Pablo Barrozo, and the mayor of Entre Rios, Manoelito Argolo Júnior, in a ceremony held at the headquarters of the department, in the Administrative Center of Bahia (CAB). During the signing, Secretary Pablo Barrozo highlighted the state's potential for the development of new productive chains. "Bahia has great capacity to receive new crops. Examples such as strawberry in the Chapada Diamantina, grapes in the North, and cotton and soybeans in the West began as experiments and today drive the regional economy. With this initiative, we want to enable other municipalities to also diversify their production, generating employment, income, and strengthening the permanence of ...