Shirley Prestes
Special Report

Santa Cruz do Sul (RS) – Last year Brazil signed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the government has now announced a program to assist tobacco farmers diversify. The program will be launched in the state of Rio Grande do Sul this week.

According to minister of Agrarian Development, Miguel Rossetto, it is necessary to diversify for many reasons. One is that diversification can mean more income for the farmer, he explained. Rossetto said the government will assist in crop diversification with financing. technical assistance, research and commercialization.

Translation: Allen Bennett