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ORGANIC FARMING AND LIVESTOCK BREEDING
Letter of Intention
This Letter of Intention, signed during the visit of the
Business Mission to Tamanduá Farm, in the municipality of Santa
Terezinha, State of Paraíba, on January 11, 2002, by Mocó
Agropecuária Ltda., SEBRAE- Serviço de Apoio às Micro e
Pequenas Empresas da Paraíba (1), and INCRA – Instituto
Nacional de Reforma Agrária (2), represented by their officers,
namely, Pierre Landolt, President of Mocó Agropecuária Ltda,
Arlindo Pereira de Almeida, Superintendent of SEBRAE-PB and
Marcio José da Silva Araújo, Superintendent of INCRA-PB, is a
document open to all the public institutions, represented by
their accredited officers or representatives, that participate
in the visit for observation of the performance of Tamanduá
Farm in the development of organic farming and livestock
breeding.
The objectives of the signatories are as follows:
- To establish a process of permanent consultation among the
participants in relation to any initiatives adopted, as from
this date, aiming at establishing and expanding certified
organic farming and livestock breeding in the State of
Paraíba, with a view to integrated exportation and domestic
consumption;
- To stimulate agreements, starting with the original
signatories themselves, for training and the occupation of
areas that are appropriate for organic cultivation, with
emphasis on integration, within the agro-environmental model
of the Agrarian Reform settlement areas, including any that
may be acquired in the future;
- To train managers, specialists and disseminators in the
implementation of projects for the exploitation of organic
farming and livestock breeding, ensuring the conditions
required for certification according to the model put into
practice by Mocó Agropecuária Ltda.
- To recognize the need for a systemic view of organic
farming and livestock breeding and the recovery of the
natural fauna and flora reserves of the semi-arid region of
Northeastern Brazil, as a prior condition to ensure all
other conditions necessary for the economic success of the
enterprises;
- To establish immediately a process of consultation for the
creation of a Management Committee for Certified Organic
Farming and Livestock Breeding in the State of Paraíba;
SEBRAE shall make available its teams and the Centro de
Educação Empreendedora (Center for Entrepreneurial
Education) in order to organize events and meetings within
the objectives of this Letter of Intention.
(1) SEBRAE- Service in Support of Micro and Small Enterprises
(Paraíba)
(2) INCRA – National Institute for Agrarian Reform
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