Tag: Tereza Cristina

• Sunday, March 20th 2022 - 14:32 UTC

  Brazil strongly campaigning to have fertilizers delisted from sanctions

  

  Brazil has called for fertilizers to be excluded from the list of sanctions currently imposed as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ongoing fighting. Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Costa Dias addressing a virtual meeting of peers from countries of the Americas, including the United States, pointed out limiting or banning fertilizer trade has a direct impact on farming productivity, food availability, boosts food prices and threatens food security, mainly among the most vulnerable countries.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Mercosur and associate members want fertilizers off Russia's sanctions list

  

  Mercosur country members plus associate Chile and Bolivia (in the process of joining the block) want fertilizers excluded from the list of sanctions on Russia, according to Brazilian Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina da Costa Dias.

• Friday, March 4th 2022 - 18:40 UTC

  Fertilizer emergency in Brazil: plan to cur dependency and promote production

  

  Brazil will be launching this month an ambitious national plan to stimulate investment in the country's fertilizer industry, cutting on foreign dependency now worsened by the Ukrainian war and shipping difficulties.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazil ensuring greater urea supplies from Iran in a fertilizer short world

  

  While Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was in Moscow visiting his close friend and admired populist 'strong man' Vladimir Putin, in the midst of the escalating situation in Ukraine, and brushing off critics saying Brazil is “nobody's a puppet”, his agriculture minister was in a more strategic mission, --in another outcast country--, but crucial for the booming farming sector.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  China approves Brazil meats' sanitary system; Beijing increases tariffs on pork imports

  

  The reopening of the Chinese market for Brazilian beef did not stem from technical or communications issues, and the good relationship between the two countries will continue to prosper, reach the pre-pandemic level and advance further, according to Brazil's Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 07:32 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina leading the combat against African Swine Fever in the continent

  

  Brazil and Argentina are leading the combat against African Swine Fever, ASF, in the continent. Last week Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, announced the allocation of US$ 500,000 to fight the disease in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, countries where a repeat of outbreaks have been reported.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 11:46 UTC

  Brazilian minister expects reopening of China beef market: negotiations in final phase

  

  Brazil's Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, denied that diplomatic relations with China are strained and said that she does not see the continuation of the Chinese ban on Brazilian beef, which has lasted for nearly two months, as a political act.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Brazil impatient as China has yet to return to purchase beef

  

  Brazil's minister of agriculture and livestock Tereza Cristina has sent a letter to the head of Beijing's Customs office in which she expresses her willingness to discuss the current ban on Brazilian beef exports to China, according to farm media.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Brazil confirms two cases of atypical mad cow; suspends beef exports to China and reports to OIE

  

  Brazil' Ministry of Agriculture confirmed over the weekend the existence of two atypical cases of Bovine Encephalopathy Spongiform, BES, commonly known as “mad cow” which triggered the immediate temporary suspension of beef exports to China from Sunday 5 September, according to an official release.

• Thursday, March 26th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  South American countries agree to ensure smooth flow of goods and food supplies in the region

  

  Agriculture ministers from various South American countries participated in a video conference on Monday, March 23, to discuss harmonization of standards and ensure the smooth flow of goods and food supplies throughout the region during the Coronavirus pandemic.