Brazil: Government grants 10% readjustment in the Potiguar Milk Program

Published 2022년 5월 9일

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The Rio Grande do Norte State Government in Brazil has increased the Potiguar Milk Program (PLP) for suppliers of bovine and goat milk by 10%, marking the fourth adjustment by the Fátima Bezerra administration and totaling a 50% increase in three years. The new prices per liter are R$ 3.25 for bovine milk and R$ 3.90 for goat milk. The goal is to boost the milk production chain and contribute to the economic recovery of the state post-pandemic. The program aims to qualify and regularize the PLP in municipalities, improving the process of contracting and distributing milk, particularly to families in poverty and extreme poverty.

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The State Government granted a 10% readjustment in the Potiguar Milk Program (PLP) for participating suppliers of bovine and goat milk, family farmers, medium and large producers and contracted processing plants (dairies). In three years, the Fátima Bezerra administration made four adjustments to the Program, totaling 50%. The first adjustment of the current administration was 11.1%, in August 2020. The previous administration granted an adjustment only in 2016. According to Resolution No. 006, of April 25, 2022, of the Management Committee of the Potiguar Milk Program (CPLP), the price of a liter of bovine milk paid by the State Government through Sethas, the Program's executor, becomes of R$ 3.25, R$ 2.05 for the producer and R$ 1.20 for the dairy. A liter of goat milk goes to R$ 3.90, of which R$ 2.70 for the producer and R$ 1.20 for the dairy (see tables below). With the new values, the State Government recognizes the need to readjust the value of the acquisition and ...

Source: Milkpoint