Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Organics Fair in Rio

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SAO PAULO, Nov 14 2005 (IPS) - Some 200 presenters will participate in Biofach Latin America, Nov. 16-18 in Rio de Janeiro, one of the continent’s largest organic agriculture fairs. Companies from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Europe plan to attend the fair in Brazil, where the market for products produced without pesticides or chemical additives moves 150 million dollars a year.

“It is a veyr important fair for the state of Rio, which has enormous potential due to the quality of production. We are working with the farmers in converting from the commercial farming model to organics, which has wide acceptance on the international market,” Heliana Marinho, land development manager for the Brazilian small company support service (SEBRAE), told Tierramérica.

Biofach will include seminars on the carbon market, aimed at curbing climate change, and renewable energies, among other topics.