Brazil: Productive sector evaluates insurance available for fruit growing

Published 2021년 9월 17일

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The article highlights a virtual meeting by the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) with the Rural Insurance Monitor project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa), to discuss and improve rural insurance products and services for fruit producers. The meeting underscored the importance of insurance for small and medium-sized producers and discussed regional challenges like bad weather and harvest rains. It also mentioned the current 40% subsidy for rural insurance premiums for fruits, with an annual limit of R$ 48 thousand, which is set to increase to R$ 60 thousand in the next Triennial Rural Insurance Plan. A subsequent meeting is scheduled to focus on parametric insurance.

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Brasília (17/09/2021) – The Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) participated, on Friday (17), in a virtual meeting of the Rural Insurance Monitor project to discuss and evaluate the products and services available for fruit (avocado , fig, cashew, guava, soursop, lime, lemon, mango, melon, strawberry, grape and apple). The project was launched in July 2020 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) and is carried out in partnership with CNA and other entities in the sector. Rural producers, representatives of the public and private sectors, as well as insurance companies participated in the virtual meeting. At the opening of the meeting, the president of the CNA's National Fruit Growing Commission, Luiz Roberto Barcelos, stated that small and medium-sized producers need rural insurance services to stay in business. “These producers have insurance for the car and for the house, and they also need it for the production, as a way to protect ...

Source: Cnabrasil