Brazil: senator signs up for second CNA term
14/12/2011
In a statement on December 13 at the start of her new three-year term in the role, the senator from the state of Tocantins in the north-east of the country said her priorities would be to help Brazil's livestock farmers assess the ongoing economic challenges they face, help more small operators become part of the organised livestock value chain and put into practice the latest federal legislation on protecting rainforests from illegal deforestation and cattle grazing.
The association represents 27 state-level livestock organisations, more than 2,000 rural co-operative organisations and more than a million livestock farmers throughout the country.
Senator Abreu is a livestock farmer herself, taking over the running of a cattle-ranch in the north of Goiás in 1988 on the death of her husband.
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