The Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, said that the President of the Republic, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will announce on Thursday, 6, measures to confront food inflation. According to the minister, the chief executive will meet with the associations and representatives of the sector around 3:30 pm to present the initiatives before.
Ministers gathered this morning to discuss measures that will be taken to Lula at a meeting at 2:30 pm.
In a speech to journalists after the meeting, which lasted about three hours, Fávaro said the meeting was preparatory.
The agenda with the productive sector at 3:30 pm (Brasília) will be at the Planalto Palace. Initially, such an agenda would be at the Ministry of Agriculture. “Today beats the hammer,” said Fávaro.
According to the agenda, Bruno Ferla, from Marfrig, will participate; Ricardo Santin, president of the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA); Marcelo Osorio, Director of Institutional Relations at ABPA; Denilson Dorigoni, CEO of Granja Faria; Roberto Perosa, president of the Brazilian Association of Exporting Industries (ABIEC); Donizete Tokarski, superintendent director of the Brazilian Union of Biodiesel and Querosene (Ubrabio); Pedro Robério Nogueira, president of the Sugar Industry Union and Alagoas alcohol (Sindaçúcar/AL); A representative of the Pernambuco Sugar and Alcohol Industry Union (Sindaçúcar/PE); André Nassar, executive president of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove); Alberto Borges de Souza, vice president of the Brazilian Biofuels Producers Association (Aprobio); João Henrique Hummel, Executive Director of the Parliamentary Front of Biodiesel (FPBio); Claudio Oliveira, Cosan’s Vice President of Institutional Relations; Guilherme Nolasco, Executive President of the National Union of Corn Ethanol (UNEM); Mário Campos, President of Bioenergia Brasil; Evandro Gussi, President of the Sugarcane Industry Union (Unica); João Galassi, president of the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (Abras); Marcio Milan, vice president of the Brazilian Supermarket Association (Abras); João Dornellas, Executive President of the Brazilian Association of Food Industry (Abia); Álvaro Silveira, President of the Sy motitacadista (Abad); Anderson Nunes, executive of the Sy untivecist (Abad) and Leonardo Severini, president of the National Union of Commerce and Services Entities (UNECS).
