Seminar discussed the challenges of the cassava production chain in Brazil
Cassava
Brazil
Published Mar 18, 2022
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From direct planting, through crop management to the root, starch and flour market. These topics were discussed at the Cassava Culture Seminar held this Tuesday (15th) at the Umuarama Exhibition Park, during the technical program of the city's agricultural exhibition (Expo Umuarama). A large number of producers, agro-industrialists and technicians participated in the event and asked several questions to the speakers.
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The Seminar was organized by the Rural Society and Umuarama City Hall and by the IDR-Paraná region, with the support of the State Department of Agriculture and Supply (Seab), Copel, Sanepar, FAEP/Senar System, Federation of Rural Workers (Fetaep) , Unioeste, CEPEA and the Brazilian Association of Cassava Starch Producers (ABAM). Several authorities attended the opening of the event. The president of ABAM, who facilitated two of the three lectures at the Seminar, Valter de Moura Carloto congratulated the organizers of the event for the initiative. He recalled that ABAM's objective is to promote the development of cassava culture throughout its chain. Carloto said that the “bottleneck” in the sector is harvesting, which is not yet mechanized. And that the lack of a harvester stimulated the sector to create the Cassava Development Fund for the Center South of Brazil (FDM CS Brasil), whose main objective is to invest in research. The priority is to develop a harvester “to end this ...
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