Leaving the countryside is a problem for society, but it can begin to be solved within the family nucleus with appropriate ways of working and producing. This is one of the goals of the Integrated Agricultural Systems Production Program (Pisa), a tool developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) to spread technologies for adapting the production process of rural properties. "The Program aims at producing safe, high-quality food, giving small and medium producers the conditions to establish their children and grandchildren on the land, avoiding rural exodus and the swelling of the outskirts of urban centers", explains Mapa's Secretary of Agricultural Development and Cooperativism, Caio Rocha. This corresponds to one of the greatest expectations in the world: that Brazil continue to play the role of a major producer and exporter of food to the world.
Read more at: http://www.portaldoagronegocio.com.br/noticia/agricultura-familiar-2074/programa-do-mapa-incentiva-a-sucessao-familiar-96310
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