Representatives of Germany and the United Kingdom meet the beneficiaries of the rubber subsidy on the acre | Acre Government

During the event, members of the delegation were able to meet some of the families associated with the Cooperative Acroextradivist Nova Bonal (CooperPonal) who benefit from the Rubber Grant, an incentive to reach up to 50 families in the Cooperative. As the main financial assistance of the REM Acres Phase II project, per kg production.

The visit was attended by KfW’s Chief Portfolio Manager Klaus Conline; REM do Beis Project Manager, Svenja Bunte; Louis Hill, Energy Project Manager at the UK Embassy in Brazil; Alicia Spengler, Director of the REM-GIZ Project for German-GIZ-Brazil Technical Cooperation; The GFA Advisory Council, in collaboration with the International Innovation Institute (EII), Elsa Mendoza and Don Pascoe, are international consultants on the implementation of the REM Acre-Phase II project; And Acre, German-GIZ technical cooperation technical consultant at Jânio Aquino.

Acres represented the Government by the General Coordinator of the REM Project Coordination Division at Roseneide Sena in Seplag (UCP / REM / Seplag), with whom the Technical Committee of the State Productivity and Agri-Commerce Secretariat (Sepa); Romulo Eugenio, head of the Sustainable Systems division; Claudio Malvira, Head of Agribusiness; Jalsier Bezova, head of the livestock division; And Suhelan Alves, head of the family production department. Nazaré Macedo, Interim Managing Director, Technical Adviser for Climate Change and Environmental Services Regulatory Agency (IMC), and Nésia Moreno.

Raimundo Macedo, chairman of the Nova Bonal Agroextractive Cooperative (CooperPonal), stressed the need to reduce bureaucracy in the payment of grants. During a meeting with government representatives from Acre, Germany and the United Kingdom, the allies were asked to devise new strategies for the future that would reduce delays in the delivery of rubber subsidy to beneficiaries and overcome bureaucracy. They also demanded that the price of rubber be adjusted.

In response, General Coordinator Roseneide Sena asked members to gather information on production so that the government could conduct a financial analysis study and highlight the need to ensure that the resources provided by the REM Acres project actually exist. Contributes to the conservation of forests and the reduction of deforestation.

After learning practically how wood is extracted, representatives from the United Kingdom and Germany visited the Cooperativa Central de Comercialização Extractive do Acre (Cooperacre), where they were able to learn all the stages of processing, processing and marketing of Brazil nuts. .