Lula visits Brazil na Mesa fair and highlights the role of science in expanding markets for fruit farming

"People need to nationalize Brazil's products," said President Lula during a visit this Thursday (23) to the Pomar da Ciência, an experimental area with pitaya, vanilla, açaí, and passion fruit cultivations from Embrapa Cerrados (Planaltina, DF), where the Brazil na Mesa fair is taking place until Saturday, organized by the company. For the president, it is important to expand the cultivation areas of fruits and typical products from some regions of the country so that their commercialization can be nationalized and consumed by Brazilians themselves. Lula also highlighted the role of science in opening international markets, recalling how, years ago, pest control techniques developed by Embrapa helped break the resistance of countries like China to importing fruits such as mango. "Imagine the Chinese eating sapoti today," joked Lula. "It is Embrapa's role to do this, with funding from entrepreneurs, with funding from ministries. We will make investments, as is done with research. ...