Tchê criticizes ‘saviors of the country’ and says that Acre producers were persecuted in other administrations

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During a panel at the International Coffee Week (SIC), held this Friday (7), in Belo Horizonte (MG), the Secretary of State for Agriculture of Acre, José Luís Tchê, stated that rural producers in Acre were “very persecuted” in previous administrations and still face major challenges in producing in the Amazon. The debate was attended by other Agriculture secretaries from different states in the country.

According to Tchê, the difficulties faced by farmers range from bureaucracy in accessing credit to the lack of land regularization, especially in border areas. He highlighted that, despite political speeches and old promises, little has been done concretely to change this reality.

“Rural producers were heavily persecuted in our state. They said they were deforesting, cutting down. But we are the heart of the Amazon, and preserving it has a very high cost”, stated the secretary.

Tchê recalled that all of Acre is considered a border area, which makes the land issue even more complex. “The state of Acre has a 150-kilometer border area. Our entire state is an area under the Union’s control. So, the first problem is documentation. How do we title this area?”, he asked.

He also criticized former parliamentarians who, according to him, presented themselves as “saviors of the country”, but did not present effective solutions. “There are many saviors of the country who passed through the Chamber and the Senate, gave speeches, but never resolved it. The producer goes to the bank, and the bank asks for the CPF of the grandfather, the great-great-grandfather, and without a document it will not lend. This is the reality we face”, he said.

The secretary highlighted that the current government has worked to create conditions that encourage rural producers to continue in the activity, even in the face of barriers. “We have a huge challenge ahead of us”, concluded Tchê.