Brazil: Irrigated Fruit Farming is the new development vector for Northeast Goiás

Published Apr 17, 2024

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Launched in 2023, the 'Irrigated Fruit Farming of Vão do Paranã' project, a collaborative effort by the Goiás State Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Seapa/GO), Embrapa Cerrados, and other partners, aims to transform the Vão do Paranã region in Northeast Goiás into a thriving fruit production hub. Targeting 2,500 agrarian reform families, the initiative provides irrigation kits and technical assistance to enhance fruit cultivation, including mango and passion fruit, leveraging the region's strategic location and abundant water resources. With initial plantings between September and October 2023, the project not only promises to boost local fruit production and family incomes but also serves as a potential model for similar agricultural endeavors across Brazil, driving socioeconomic development through irrigated agriculture.

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The Vão do Paranã region, in the Northeast of Goiás, is preparing to take an important leap in socioeconomic development through fruit production in an irrigated system, with the technical contribution of Embrapa Cerrados (DF). The Unit is a partner in the “Irrigated Fruit Farming of Vão do Paranã” project, launched in 2023 by the Goiás State Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Seapa/GO). The initiative aims to facilitate the irrigated production of fruits such as mango and passion fruit by 2,500 families of farmers settled under agrarian reform in Flores de Goiás, Formosa and São João d’ Aliança, municipalities supplied by the Paranã River and Ribeirão Porteira dams. Also participating in the project are the São Francisco and Parnaíba Valley Development Company (Codevasf), Emater/GO, Senar/GO and local city halls. Participating farmers receive irrigation kits and espaliers for passion fruit. Each property will have a micro-sprinkler system for 1 ha of mango and a ...

Source: Portal Do Agronegocio