The federal government holds, on Thursday (6), two meetings to deal with the food pricewhich worries the executive in the midst of a historic fall in the popularity the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).
, at 9:30in the Planalto Palace.
The meeting will be led by the vice president and Minister of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, and will also be attended by Ministers Rui Costa (Civil House)Carlos Fávaro (Agriculture)Paulo Teixeira (Agrarian Development).
The executive secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Dario Durigan, and the Secretary of Economic Policy, Guilherme Mello, represent Minister Fernando Haddad, who is in Sao Paulo.
The afternoon meeting, which will also have the presence of the ministers, will be with representatives of important Entities of the food sector.
Representatives of the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (Archbishop)of the Brazilian Association of Exporting Industries (Abiec)of the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (Abras)from the Brazilian Association of Food Industry (ABIA) and the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE).
As reported by CNNthe federal government evaluateslike rice, beans and coffee. This subject should be discussed at the ministerial meeting.
The government also studies increasing the
The increase in food prices presses the budget of Brazilian families, with even more acute effects for low -income groups. The factor is today pointed out by the Planalto Palace as one of the most determinants for the president’s fall of approval.
