France wants to be featured in honey production with the inauguration of the 1st meliponary Brazil
Ministry of Agriculture and Supply SP | 14/12/2015 18:31:52 |
In addition to the best coffees, cattle for slaughter and milk and raising tilapia in cages, the municipality of France now wants to be featured in honey production with the inauguration, on Friday, 11 from December, in the Zoo and Botanical Garden premises of the municipality, primeiro do Meliponário do Brasil, which has 280 colonies 11 different species. The ceremony took place during the sixth edition of Meliponiculture Seminar and featured The Secretary of Agriculture and Supply of the State of Sao Paulo, Arnaldo Jardim. During the event, organized by the Municipality of Franca, They were discussed several themes related to the practice of rational creation stingless bees.
Arnaldo Jardim, who represented the governor Geraldo Alckmin, He said the purpose of his visit was to see, learn and multiply the experience by other municipalities in the state. The secretary took the opportunity to highlight the four pillars on which rests its management: harmony with the environment, so, agriculture can no longer be identified as an enemy of environmental issues; rapprochement between research and production, scientific discoveries are useless if they do not come within the reach of farmers, especially small; support family farming to occupy the place it deserves within the municipal economy; and finally, but not least, ensure the health of the agricultural product from the provision of seeds and selected cultivars, through the proper management and guidance on storage and marketing to ensure that society can consume quality products.
"This seminar is all about with these paradigms. Following the guidance of Geraldo Alckmin to put the structure of the folder in the service of production, nothing better than to share the knowledge of a producer with others. We are also forwarding, through the Brazilian Chamber of Beekeeping, a resolution for the stingless bee is considered domesticated animal, which will greatly simplify the marketing of products. The governor is aware of the need and willing to play this revised legislation. First we make the state level, then we'll try to take the whole country ", said Secretary.
The Meliponiculture is an ancient activity that was started by Indians, before European settlement. The activity provides conditions for small producers add a source of income to your monthly budget. The creation of stingless bees is quite rough and fits perfectly in sustainable model of economic development, It is the main species of the State: Mandaçaia, Uruçu Yellow, Marmalade, Mandaguari, Jataí and Mirim.
"The objective of this seminar is to promote the preservation of the environment, teaching the farmers to use the forest to generate income without degrading, on the contrary, he (the producer) will have to preserve, plant more. We will monitor the whole process, prepare seedlings, provide seeds, offer bees and provide technical assistance so that they can deploy the structure on their land. May use materials that have the farm, no need to buy anything ", said the mayor Alexandre Augusto Ferreira.
Arnaldo Jardim also commented on other activities which took over day, as the opening of a fridge in the municipality of Rifaina that qualifies as the largest freshwater fish production center in the country, with the potential to become the largest in Latin America and meetings with farmers Guará and Igarapava. Also commented on the final stage of the international competition for natural coffees, than, for the first time, I had four samples from the region among the finalists.
Attended the event: Fernando Luiz Baldochi, vice Mayor; Marco Antonio Garcia, Speaker of the House of Councilors; Carlos Arantes Correa, Municipal Secretary for Development; Cristiano Menezes and Ricardo Camargo, researchers from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa); Daniel Gonçalves Malusa, researcher at the University of Sao Paulo (USP); Genna Souza, Southwest Bahia State University (UESB); José Mauro Souza, of Power Plants of Furnas; Marco Pignatari, Bee Brazil; Pedro César Barbosa Avelar, Director of Rural Development Office (EDR) Franca and Luis Guilherme Figueiredo Andrade, director of the Agricultural Defense Office Franca.
By Nara Guimaraes
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