Brazilian Senator Confúcio Moura (MDB-RO) called for greater access to credit for family farmers, small producers and self-employed workers in the Amazon region. In a speech on the 9th, he criticized the concentration of resources from the Constitutional Financing Fund for the North in large companies.
Moura called for changes in the way the Bank of the Amazon operates to make it easier for small entrepreneurs to obtain loans. He also advocated for solidarity-based productive microcredit, with cooperatives and development agencies able to serve people who do not have access to the traditional banking system.
The senator called for restoring the Amazon Development Superintendency’s capacity to operate and reviewing tax incentives for Free Trade Areas. He urged Ibama to expedite its review of the environmental license for a bridge between Guajará-Mirim, in Rondônia, and Bolivia.
On land in the Amazon, he said that a lack of property documentation contributes to conflicts and deaths. He advocated strengthening the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform and identified land credit as an alternative for new settlements in areas with transportation and public services.
