Safra Plan Will Reduce Food Prices, Minister Says

The Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, Paulo Teixeira, said this Tuesday (1st) that food prices will drop with the Family Agriculture Harvest Plan, which provides R$ 89 billion for rural credit under the National Strengthening Program for Family Agriculture (Pronaf) and other policies. The amount is a record for the sector – in 2024, R$ 76 billion in resources were allocated. "For the third consecutive year, President Lula launches three record Harvest Plans in Brazil, both for family agriculture and business agriculture. This year, we are breaking a new record, with R$ 89 billion. Does this help? It helps. Because, in three consecutive years, we have record harvests in Brazil – 1.2 billion tons of food produced," he said. While participating in a radio interview during the Good Morning, Minister program, produced by the Brazil Communication Company (EBC), Teixeira recalled that investments are already reflected in the price drop of rice, which fell 33%; ...