Lula proposes Brazil–Africa agricultural partnership ahead of G20 Summit: Video
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday, November 17, that he will attend the G20 Summit in South Africa and expand Brazil’s cooperation with African nations through a new programme focused on agricultural development.
Lula explained, during an address broadcast by CanalGov, that the initiative will draw on Brazil’s own experience transforming its farming sector and aims to strengthen long-term ties with countries across the continent.
“It is not possible that through culture we can create committees in all African countries. Who do we depend on? On no one, on ourselves, on our will. I am going to the G20 in South Africa right now, and I will pass through Mozambique. I have the idea of making an agreement between our federal universities, Embrapa and our federal institutes to teach agricultural techniques to the African people, so that they can effectively carry out the agricultural revolution. The same thing we did here in Brazil without making the mistakes we ourselves made,” Lula da Silva said.
He added that distance learning could be central to expanding access to training and framed the effort as part of Brazil’s broader responsibility towards African nations.
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