Tereza Cristina Browse All Authors Top 13 quotes by Tereza Cristina We cannot say that, because we have a fire in the Amazon rainforest, Brazilian agribusiness is the great destroyer and should therefore face trade barriers. Tereza Cristina environment The news is worrying, but I think we have to lower the temperature. The Amazon is important, Brazil knows that, and Brazil is taking care of the Amazon. Tereza Cristina top-news We are modernizing, bringing in new pesticides, breaking patents and approving new molecules, brazil was late in relation (to approving) these molecules. Almost all countries use these products, there is a lot of misinformation. Tereza Cristina environment We need to win the communication war... We need everyone to speak the same language. Tereza Cristina environment As Minister of Agriculture, I have this concern yes. Development and environment are two sectors that can and should go together, one depends on the other, if there is a concern, Brazil will act, yes. If there isn't a concern, we will explain the data to everyone for better transparency. Tereza Cristina environment We export sugar and will export sugar made from GMO cane. The sugar itself is not genetically modified, so we're going to explain about the scientific process and explain why sugar should not be considered by science as a GM product. Tereza Cristina science The production of these varieties will increase a lot in Brazil, so it's something we need to discuss. Tereza Cristina science One thing we're going to discuss is if it's necessary to visit all plants or if they can select a sample. Tereza Cristina science We are going to sell our protein at $2,000 a ton, be it chicken, beef or pork, it will certainly reduce our soy exports, but we will add value. Tereza Cristina health-news Brazil has to go there and show: 'We are here, we have always been good partners, we deliver what we commit, we are trustworthy,'. Tereza Cristina health-news They could plant there ... and maybe have income for their community, they cannot do this today. That needs to be changed in Congress. Tereza Cristina environment Small farmers that have been there 50 years and have deeds issued by the state or federal government, if you kick them out, there aren't conditions there for indigenous people to hunt and fish and have their lives, when the president says he doesn't want more demarcations, he's talking about this type of contested areas. Tereza Cristina environment Sorry, Gisele Bundchen, you should be our ambassador, to say that your country preserves, that your country is on the global vanguard of preservation, and don't come here saying bad things about Brazil without knowledge of the facts. Tereza Cristina environment
