“Together with the inspection work carried out by Idaf, Casas do Mel will provide greater security to the consumer, add value to the product, in addition to promoting our product and our work with great quality”evaluates veterinarian Maria Edna Costa.
This added value is strategic for Acre honey. It is not fair to compare local production, which, at the best moment, produced eight tons, with the 187.9 tons produced in Rondônia, according to the 2022 Agricultural Census carried out by IBGE. Acre needs to observe this difference intelligently, prioritizing, for example, the domestic market. And obeying the following equation: when people from Acre decide to add honey to their diet, they should add honey produced here.
Another challenge for public policy coordinators is decentralization. Currently, production is very concentrated in the Vale do Acre region. It is necessary to expand, respecting the geography and culture of each place and diversifying the types of honey. And that adds value.
The Idaf headquarters, located on the AC-40 highway, is being expanded. Budgeted at approximately R$5 million, the work guarantees a new working environment for the almost 300 employees, in addition to the 26 agricultural technicians maintained by the Livestock Development Fund (Fundepec).
“And all this with our own resources”, the president of the Agricultural and Forestry Defense Institute, Francisco Thum, is proud. The manager is the direct choice of Governor Gladson Cameli. Public bodies that manage their own resources and are not exclusively linked to the public budget are generally heavily targeted by what is commonly called “political class”. With Thum in the presidency, there was shielding.
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