Brazil and Paraguay Border Areas to Be Helped by Rural Accord

On Friday, March 10, during the 2nd International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, the governments of Brazil and Paraguay signed a protocol of intentions for rural development in border regions.

The agreement, besides its aim of environmental preservation and increased productivity, provides for joint measures in favor of sustainable development, as well as stimulating projects in the area of human, animal, and plant health. The idea is to have a more efficient approach to combating diseases like dengue and hoof and mouth.

The Brazilian general director of the Itaipu Binational Corporation, José Miguel Samek, said he believes that the support of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will help the hydroelectric company’s projects in the area of joint operations on behalf of animal and plant sanitation.

For Victor Luiz Bernal Garay, the Paraguayan general director of the Itaipu Binational Corporation, the signing of the agreement "demonstrates that it is possible to move ahead with big endeavors and big challenges facing nations," as well as helping small rural communities.

The Itaipu Hydroelectric Plant is responsible for 25% of all the energy produced in Brazil and furnishes around 94% of all the energy consumed in Paraguay.

Agência Brasil

Tags:

You May Also Like

Arabs Send Buyer Mission to Brazil

A group of 49 Jordanian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Yemenite and Palestinian businessmen should be arriving ...

The Agrarian Question

To understand Brazil’s rural unionism, we need to distinguish among the movement’s four different ...

Fueled by Alcohol Brazil’s Sugar Cane Crop Breaks Record

The area in which sugar cane is cultivated in Brazil increased from 5.625 million ...

Matte Leão, a traditional

Brazil’s Centenary Matte Leí£o Has Joined the Coke Family

In an eloquent demonstration of its apparently insatiable thirst for Brazilian companies, Coca-Cola has ...

Brazil Cuts Key Interest Rate by 1%. Workers Wanted 2 %

The Brazilian Central Bank (BC) reduced its benchmark SELIC interest rate a full point ...

Brazil’s Embraer Announces Firm Order Backlog Amounting to Record US$ 17 Billion

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer reports that its firm order backlog for the Commercial Aviation, ...

Brazil’s Election Race: Time for Serra to Get a Move On

Everybody in Brazil knows that São Paulo state governor José Serra is desperate to ...

Left Is Right

President-elect Lula is honest, passionate, smart, and charming. Forget his lack of formal education. ...

Brazil’s Scandal Leads Vice President to Leave His Party

Brazil’s Vice President and Minister of Defense, José Alencar, has announced that he will ...

Ecologically Friendly Tiles from Brazil

To expand and consolidate their presence in the national and international markets, the company ...

WordPress database error: [Table './brazzil3_live/wp_wfHits' is marked as crashed and last (automatic?) repair failed]
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `wp_wfHits`