Piaui's Secretariat of Family Agriculture Hosts Garantia-Safra Program Training Meetings

Strategic Insights -

The Brazilian state of Piaui's Secretariat of Family Agriculture (SAF) has launched a series of training meetings to guide municipalities and entities on the implementation of the Garantia-Safra program for the 2025/2026 crop year. The program, a federal government initiative implemented in Piaui by SAF, provides financial assistance to family farmers who lost their harvest due to unfavorable weather conditions. Seventeen training meetings are being held, involving three members per Municipal Council for Sustainable Rural Development, with the goal of providing guidance on the program's implementation process and registration process for family farmers in the state.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Garantia-Safra program aims to benefit up to 90,000 families, with 90,000 quotas being made available for the 2025/2026 crop year.
  • The program is an insurance scheme for low-income families, providing a benefit of R$1,200 if losses exceed 50%.
  • The State Government is investing approximately R$12 million in the financial contribution and is opening the registration period to all municipalities in Piaui.
  • The training meetings are targeting mayors, municipal secretaries of agriculture, technicians from the Secretariat of Technical Assistance and Agricultural Defense (Sada), and representatives of rural workers' unions, among others.
  • The program is particularly beneficial for municipalities in the semiarid region of Piaui, where climate risk is greater.
  • Clebio Coutinho, Superintendent of Family Farming Support Actions at SAF, is coordinating the training meetings and providing guidance to implementation partners.

Statistics:

  • 90,000 quotas are being made available for the Garantia-Safra program in Piaui for the 2025/2026 crop year.
  • The State Government is investing approximately R$12 million in the financial contribution to the program.
  • Seventeen training meetings are being held to guide municipalities and entities on the program's implementation process.
  • Eleven more program presentation meetings are scheduled for the coming weeks.
  • The program provides a benefit of R$1,200 if losses exceed 50% for low-income families enrolled in the program.

Sources:

  • "SAF inicia reunioes para orientar municipios e entidades da agricultura familiar sobre inscricoes no Garantia Safra" (SAF Launches Training Sessions to Guide Municipalities and Entities on Enrollments in Garantia-Safra). Piaui State Government Website. [www.pi.gov.br](http://www.pi.gov.br).