Paraná starts unprecedented census to map the profile of organic agriculture

A national leader in organic production, with over 4,500 certified farmers, Paraná is set to conduct a census to gather the characteristics of organic producers across the entire state. The initial step was taken this week when the board of the Rural Development Institute of Paraná (IDR-Paraná) received the State Secretary of Science, Technology, and Higher Education, Aldo Bona, to present the preliminary results of the Organic Agriculture Census in the Northern Pioneer region of Paraná. The survey was conducted with resources from the Borderless University Program, from Seti, and also from the Fundo Paraná. Participants in the meeting included the President of IDR-Paraná, Natalino Avance de Souza, the Director of Research, Vania Moda Cirino; the Director of Institutional Management, Altair Sebastião Dorigo; the Director of Business Management, Richard Golba and the Director of Rural Extension, Paulo Eduardo Sipoli Pereira. The presentation was made by Tiago dos Santos Telles, an ...