OBJETIVO

Promover o desenvolvimento sócio-econômico

includente e sustentável e a redução da pobreza
na região de maior risco social do estado de Minas
Gerais (Jequitinhonha), além de criar a
oportunidade e modelo para o uso intensivo e
extensivo da biomassa energética no estado.
For biofuels to make a large and sustainable contribution to the world energy economy,
governments will need to enact consistent, long-range, and coordinated policies that are
informed by broad stakeholder participation. Policy priorities include:
• Streng the n the Market: creating an enabling environment based on sound fiscal
policy and support for private investment, infrastructure development,
and the building of transportation fleets that are able to use the new fuels.
• Sp ee d the Transi tio n to N ex t-Gener atio n Techno log ies: expedite the transition
to the next generation of feedstock and technologies that will enable increased production
at lower cost, while reducing negative environmental impacts.
• Pro tect the Reso ur ce Base . Maintaining soil productivity, water quality, and myriad
other ecosystem services . National and international environmental sustainability principles
and certification systems are important for protecting resources .
• Encou rag e Bro ad Rur al Econo mic Be nef its.
Government fiscal and land use policies will help determine how broadly the economic
revenues from biofuels are spread and how they will shape rural economies.
• Faci litate Sustai nab le I nter national Biofuel Trad e.
Continued rapid growth of biofuels will require the development of a true international
market in these fuels, unimpeded by the trade restrictions in place today.
• Eff icie ncy and I mp ro ved P ub li c Trans port.
Biofuels should be developed within the context of a broad transformation of the transport
sector aimed at dramatically improving transport efficiency.
OUR CHALLENGE TOWARDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PAST AND PRESENT SCENARIO
Poverty and chronic deprivation have long been a tragic aspect of
human society. Indeed poverty often served the interests of dominant
social groups by assuring low-cost agriculture labourers and workers
for off-farm activities .

Today perspectives on poverty are undergoing transformations.

The sheer scale of mass poverty – over million absolutely poor human
beings condemned to short lives stunted by malnutrition, ill health
and illiteracy – is no longer acceptable from either a moral or a real
politic standpoint.

Although the Brazilian economy is emerging, the unbalanced wealth

distribution affects dramactically the rural poor.
OUR BELIEFS
With the spread of participative governance and democracy, the fate
of a substantial proportion of the population who are poor cannot be
ignored by society as a whole.

The poor have to be recognized as individuals with rights and as

potential agents of change who can themselves play an increasing
role.

in determining social and economic outcomes poor groups should not

be seen merely as a burden on society. Rather, the poor, especially
women, are hard working and often effective microentrepreneurs.

“Entrepreneurship means social protagonism, breaking the chains of dependence,

belief in the capacity of individuals and communities to construct their own
development through cooperation among diverse political and social spheres.”
(FRANCO, 2003)
THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR

If the conditions could be created for these small producers to

become more effective in production and trade, poor groups
could contribute significantly to achieving a higher and more
sustainable pace of development, promoting not only
economic growth but social cohesion.

But such conditions will not come about easily or quickly. The
legacy of history and the long marginalization of poor groups in
terms of the distribution of land and other assets, in terms of
institutions and of centuries of inequity in access to education,
nutrition and health, create too great an obstacle.

These obstacles must be addressed and overcome if the

challenging targets on poverty reduction are to be achieved.
Acting directly on poverty means addressing their constraints.
 Empowering the poor groups

Sustained growth can be achieved only by creating conditions in which

poor groups can increase their productivity and output.

Empowering these poor groups is not a diversion from promoting

growth. On the contrary, it is an effective, and perhaps the only, way
of achieving sustainable growth.

But empowerment will serve little purpose if the material means for
increasing production and incomes are not available to the poor.

Enhancing their skills and building the human capital of the poor will
have a major impact on both their economic productivity and their
human dignity.

By improving the productivity and sustainable management of land

and water, technological advances offer the potential to address many
of the obstacles that the lack of assets imposes on the poor.

Access to extension services, market and technology must be relevant

to the conditions of the poor and they must have access to it.
 our challange

In modern economies, largescale poverty imposes an enormous

economic loss, wasting the talents and energies of hundreds of
millions of men and women, diverted from socially productive
activities that could create wealth for society to the struggle for
mere survival.

The partnerships should be at the global level, at the country

level with national stakeholders and external partners acting
together, the private sector and civil-society institutions
collaborating to create conditions that emancipate poor groups.

But the fundamental partnership, and ultimately the only one that
counts, is with the poor themselves. They have the talents, the
skills and the knowledge of their own environment.

Outsiders do not have to solve the problem of poverty.BUT WE

CANNOT HINDER AS WE DID:
Lev. 19:36
 Empowering the poor groups

Sustained growth can be achieved only by creating conditions in which

poor groups can increase their productivity and output.

Empowering these poor groups is not a diversion from promoting

growth. On the contrary, it is an effective, and perhaps the only, way
of achieving sustainable growth.

But empowerment will serve little purpose if the material means for
increasing production and incomes are not available to the poor.

Enhancing their skills and building the human capital of the poor will
have a major impact on both their economic productivity and their
human dignity.

By improving the productivity and sustainable management of land

and water, technological advances offer the potential to address many
of the obstacles that the lack of assets imposes on the poor.

Access to extension services, market and technology must be relevant

to the conditions of the poor and they must have access to it.
 FOCUS – Northern, Jequitinhonha & Mucuri Valleys

THE WHOLE REGION IS HALF OF THE STATE

AND ACCOUNTS FOR ONLY 35% OF ITS GDP

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“Uma coisa é pôr idéias arranjadas, outra é lidar com país de
pessoas, de carne e sangue, de mil-e-tantas Misérias...” Tanta
gente – e dá susto de saber; e nenhum se sossega: todos nascendo, crescendo, se
casando, querendo colocação de emprego, comida, saúde, riqueza, ser importante,
querendo chuva e negócios bons.”
(*) é a devoção, mas o exato das
Muita alta e sincera
praxes impõe é outras coisas: impõe é o duro
MINAS: NOVAS VEREDAS...

“...tudo corre e chega tão ligeiro;

Será que se há lume de responsabilidade?” (*)