Bioeconomy Brazil - bringing training and innovation to family farmers since 2019

Published Sep 16, 2021

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The Bioeconomia Brasil - Sociobiodiversidade program, initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) in 2019, has marked its two-year anniversary, with the program seeing significant success in promoting the sustainable use of biodiversity in family farming. The initiative has aided an average of 90,000 family farmers annually, with a total investment of R$ 15 million by the Mapa, and an additional R$ 100 million through other policies. The program has also seen the signing of eight agreements to implement the Roteiros da Sociobiodiversidade, aiming to assist over 14,000 small producers, and has supported innovative research initiatives like the InovaSocioBio project and the Valeef project, which focuses on alternative crops to tobacco. Additionally, the ArticulaFito project, launched in 2020, aims to integrate family farmers into the value chains of medicinal, aromatic, and culinary plants, receiving over R$ 3 million from the Mapa over the next two years.

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Launched by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) in 2019, the Bioeconomia Brasil - Sociobiodiversidade program celebrates 2 years with an average of 90,000 family farmers benefiting annually, around R$ 15 million invested directly by the Map and more than R$100 million in integration with other policies aimed at bioeconomy arrangements for family farming. Under the coordination of the Ministry's Secretariat for Family Agriculture and Cooperatives, actions were developed to structure production systems based on the sustainable use of resources from socio-biodiversity and extractivism. Through the federal program, in 2019 and 2020, eight agreements were signed with Intermunicipal Consortia in the states of Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. for the implementation of the Roteiros da Sociobiodiversidade, which provides for the training of farmers and the management of projects, adding value to products, recovering knowledge ...

Source: Agricultura