Conab will donate 480 thousand kg of rice seeds to families in RS

THE Conab (National Supply Company) announced the acquisition of 480.4 thousand kilos of rice seeds to donate to family farming associations in the Rio Grande do Sul municipalities of Nova Santa Rita, Eldorado do Sul and Viamão.

The resources were allocated by MDA (Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming), which made available a budget credit of R$2.5 million for the Company to operationalize the purchase of seeds for family farming. Companies supplying the asset that wish to participate in the auction operations must meet the requirements set forth in the notices.

The notice from Conab requires companies to be registered with a Commodities Exchange, in good standing Sicaf (Unified Supplier Registration System), registered in the Sican (National Registration System of Rural Producers and other agents) of Conab and have the Reborn (National Registry of Seeds and Seedlings) issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.

Municipalities served

For the municipality of Nova Santa Rita, the acquisition of 127,500 kg of EPAGRI 108 type rice seeds is planned, 85,000 kg of which will be delivered to the Capela Settlement, for the benefit of Coopan (Nova Santa Rita Agricultural Cooperative), and 42,500 kg for delivery to the Santa Rita de Cássia II Settlement and the receiving entity, the Sete de Julho Agricultural Cooperative.

Two other notices establish the purchase of 12,500 kg of rice seeds type Z SCS 122 MIURA for delivery to the Capela Settlement, with Coopan as the receiving entity, and the purchase of 85,000 kg of rice seeds type IRGA 409 for delivery to the Santa Rita de Cássia II Settlement, with Cooperativa Agropecuária Sete de Julho as the receiving entity.

For the municipality of Eldorado do Sul/RS, the notices define the purchase of 30,000 kg of early rice seeds BRS précoce PAMPA CL for delivery to the Integração Gaúcha Settlement and the receiving entity is the Dezenove de Setembro Association; the purchase of 45,000 kg of certified irrigated IRGA 431 CL rice seeds in natural long fine southern husk, being 20,000 kg for delivery to the Integração Gaúcha Settlement and 25,000 kg for delivery to the Apolônio de Carvalho Settlement, both with the receiving entity being the Dezenove de Setembro Association; and finally, the purchase of 50,000 kg of certified irrigated IRGA 424 RI rice seeds in natural long fine southern husk, with delivery to the Apolônio de Carvalho Settlement and the receiving entity being the Dezenove de Setembro Association.

In the two notices intended for the municipality of Viamão/RS, the first indicates the purchase of 35,000 kg of BRS A705 type rice seeds, and the second, the purchase of 95,480 kg of BRS Pampeira type rice seeds with deliveries to the Filhos de Sepé Settlement, and the receiving entity is AAFISE (Association of Filhos de Sepé Residents).

With information from Brazil Agency.