Conab launches package to move 630 thousand tons of rice and support the production sector

The National Supply Company (Conab) presented this Wednesday (22), in Porto Alegre, a set of measures to move around 630 thousand tons of rice from the 2024/25 harvest. The president of the state-owned company, Edegar Pretto, detailed the actions alongside representatives of the Federation of Rice Growers Associations of Rio Grande do Sul (Federarroz) and the Brazilian Rice Industry Association (Abiarroz). The objective is to sustain market prices, guarantee income for producers, and encourage the continuation of cultivation. The planned investment is R$ 300 million, through the Minimum Price Guarantee Policy (PGPM). "Conab is also concerned with encouraging the producer to continue planting rice. And that's what we're doing here, because the farmer, before putting the seed in the ground, does the math. If it's not worth planting rice, he switches to another crop. That's what we want to avoid with these measures," said Pretto at a press conference. The new stage of support will ...