Paraná State helps cooperative to expand yerba mate exports

Published 2020년 7월 27일

Tridge summary

The Santa Maria do Oeste-based Agrarian Reform and Yerba Mate Cooperative (Copermate) has received a boost from the Paraná state government, with an investment of R $ 406 thousand to purchase a tea filling machine for sachets. This agreement aims to add value to the cooperative's production, encourage organized yerba mate cultivation, and diversify its product line. As a result, Copermate, which has been in operation since 2008 and exports to countries like France, Germany, and the United States, will be able to introduce a new product in the Brazilian and international market. This initiative is part of the Paraná Family Farming Cooperative Support Program (Coopera Paraná), which has approved 114 projects totaling R $ 36.5 million to strengthen cooperatives and support family farmers, with a focus on improving the professionalization of cooperatives and providing sustainability during the pandemic.
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The Agrarian Reform and Yerba Mate Cooperative (Copermate), from Santa Maria do Oeste, will add more value to production with the help of the State Government. An agreement of R $ 406 thousand guaranteed the purchase of a tea filling machine in sachets. The entity was the first placed in the notice of the Coopera Paraná program, of the Secretary of State for Agriculture and Supply. "The resource is a way to encourage the cultivation of yerba mate in an organized way, and to diversify the product line", explains the head of the regional nucleus of the Secretariat in Pitanga, José Guilherme Stipp Camilo. Copermate already exports products to countries such as France, Germany and the United States, has been in the business since 2008 and has 194 members, who are members of the Araguai, Novo Paraíso, 9 de Julho, Nova Esperança, Estrela do Oeste and Recanto Feliz settlements, municipalities of Santa Maria do Oeste, Pitanga and Boa Ventura de São Roque. Approximately 45% of the ...

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