The National Supply Company (Conab) 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 purchase of the product from the 2023/2024 harvest will be made through an electronic auction, this Thursday, the 5th, starting at 9 am. The auction will be held based on eight Public Purchase Notices, available at Conab website.
The resources were allocated by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming (MDA), which made available a budget credit of R$2.5 million for the Company to operationalize the purchase of seeds for family farming.
Rice seed supply companies that wish to participate in the auction operations must meet the requirements set out in the notices.
THE notice requires companies to be registered with a Commodities Exchange, in good standing Unified Supplier Registration System (Sicaf), registered in the National Registration System for Rural Producers and other agents (Sican) from Conab and have the National Seed and Seedling Registry (Renasem) issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
Municipalities served
For the municipality of Nova Santa Rita/RS, the acquisition of 127,500 kg of EPAGRI 108 type rice seeds is planned, 85,000 kg for delivery to the Capela Settlement, for the benefit of the Nova Santa Rita Agricultural Cooperative (Coopan), 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 the Filhos de Sepé Residents Association (AAFISE).
