RS, Brazil: Small fruit production grows in Monte Alegre dos Campos for the cultivation of strawberries and blackberries

Published 2022년 6월 7일

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The article highlights the success of a local initiative in Brazil to boost small fruit cultivation, particularly strawberries and blackberries, in the municipality of Monte Alegre dos Campos. The initiative, launched as the Municipal Support Program for Small Fruits in 2021, has seen a significant increase in cultivation areas for the 2022/23 harvest, indicating a positive growth in both production and income diversity for local producers. The program offers subsidies, technical assistance, and financial support for investment, with a special focus on organic production and social inclusion, providing opportunities for 137 families, including those vulnerable, to participate and improve their living standards.

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production growth The Emater/RS-Ascar extension officer in the municipality, Eduardo Pagot, explains that from the 1st Municipal Meeting of Small Fruit Producers of Monte Alegre dos Campos, held in 2019, the registration of producers who already developed some small-scale cultivation was carried out. fruits and the demand for technical guidance and development of projects for investment grew, mainly for the cultivation of strawberries and blackberries. This culminated in the launch, in 2021, of the Municipal Support Program for the Cultivation of Small Fruits, which comprises encouraging the cultivation of blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and strawberries and organic production, subsidies from the municipality in hours/machine and transportation of correctives and fertilizers, technical assistance in the implantation and management of cultures, as well as in the planning, organization of the harvest, logistics, commercialization and facilitation of credit for investments ...

Source: Abrafrutas