Seminar discussed the challenges of the cassava production chain in Brazil

Published 2022년 3월 17일

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The Cassava Culture Seminar was held in Umuarama, Brazil, bringing together producers, agro-industrialists, and technicians to discuss various aspects of cassava cultivation. Organized by the Rural Society, Umuarama City Hall, and other organizations, the event highlighted the challenges and opportunities within the sector. Valter de Moura Carloto, president of the Brazilian Association of Cassava Starch Producers (ABAM), stressed the need for mechanization of harvesting and the creation of the Cassava Development Fund (FDM CS Brasil) for research in this area. The seminar also addressed sustainable soil and water management, issues of income and fertilization, the current difficulties in the cassava market such as high prices, low supply, and falling starch content, and the challenges of industrial productivity and rising production costs.

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From direct planting, through crop management to the root, starch and flour market. These topics were discussed at the Cassava Culture Seminar held this Tuesday (15th) at the Umuarama Exhibition Park, during the technical program of the city's agricultural exhibition (Expo Umuarama). A large number of producers, agro-industrialists and technicians participated in the event and asked several questions to the speakers. The Seminar was organized by the Rural Society and Umuarama City Hall and by the IDR-Paraná region, with the support of the State Department of Agriculture and Supply (Seab), Copel, Sanepar, FAEP/Senar System, Federation of Rural Workers (Fetaep) , Unioeste, CEPEA and the Brazilian Association of Cassava Starch Producers (ABAM). Several authorities attended the opening of the event. The president of ABAM, who facilitated two of the three lectures at the Seminar, Valter de Moura Carloto congratulated the organizers of the event for the initiative. He recalled that ...

Source: Abam