Brazil’s agricultural secretary attends council in Chile

On May 28th and 29th,the Agriculture, Livestock and Supply Minister Tereza Cristina, participated in the 37th Meeting of the Southern Agricultural Council (CAS), in Santiago.

The purpose of the CAS is to coordinate actions of agricultural ministries in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, by defining priorities for the agricultural and livestock agenda. The council also intends to adopt positions on topics of regional interest and communicate the adoption of the agreed actions.

At the event, Tereza Cristina highlighted the performance of agricultural cooperatives in Brazil, and mentioned a memorandum of understanding signed with Chile to allow for organic products to be traded between the two countries.

Other issues discussed at the Chile meeting were barriers to the free movement of goods in the region and technical cooperation between the CAS and international organizations.

Presidency of the G20 Agricultural Market Information System

Still on the Ministry of Agriculture, the adviser to the Department of Studies and Prospecting of the ministry’s agricultural policy organ, Marcelo Guimaraes, took office on Tuesday (28/05) as president of the G20 Agricultural Market Information System (Amis). The handover took place during the 15th meeting of the Amis Information Group in Rome.

Amis is an initiative of G20 (Group of 20 richest countries) which aims to increase the transparency of international agricultural markets and promote greater coordination of agricultural policies, especially in times of crisis.

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