Producers from 16 municipalities in Minas will receive technical assistance from Emater-MG in the Sustainable Rural Development Program. The initiative is being funded by the UK Government’s International Climate Fund through a technical collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Crop-livestock-forest integration (Photo: Ernesto de Sousa / Ed. Globo)
Minas Gerais won the general tender for the R $ 349,000 service contract with a 12-month term. The plan is to take action on low carbon projects focusing on reclaiming degraded grazing lands and implementing integrated crop-livestock-forest (ILPF) systems. This service will be a face-to-face and virtual service.
45 properties were selected in Abaeté, Araçaí, Caetanópolis, Cordisburgo, Curvelo, Guarda-Mor, Ituiutaba, João Pinheiro, Paracatu, Paraopeba, Pompéu, Prata, Sete Lagoas, Uberlândia, Unaí and Vazantei.
Emater-MG was selected and became the Brazilian Institute for Development and Sustainability (IABS) responsible for the implementation and management of the project of low carbon farming and deforestation to reduce poverty in Brazil. In Cerato. The company also selected aided mining assets.
“The project is concerned with increasing revenue in rural areas, which is one of the main objectives of Emater, and has all the environmental concerns related to the property,” the director-chairman of the mining company said in a statement. Otavio Mia.
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