THE CONTRIBUTION OF DIPLOMACY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Abstract

This study aims to demonstrate how diplomacy has been contributing to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, as there is a community interest that humanity can have access to the existential minimum and that activities are developed sustainably, aiming at preserving the planet. One of the goals of the agenda is to eradicate poverty in all its forms, whose way to achieve it is the joint action of all actors to establish a matrix of techno-sustainable agricultural production, through the implementation of technological infrastructure in production processes, making it more efficient to increase the efficiency of land use and decrease the loss of food and financial and natural resources. The Managing State is responsible for developing public policies, designing norms, mechanisms, and means of formalizing multi-sector partnerships to encourage scientific cooperation, facilitating the development and dissemination of new technologies. The Brazilian Government enacted Law No. 14.119/2021, National Policy on Payment for Environmental Services (PNPSA), aiming at the integration of policies for the environment, water resources, agriculture, fishing, among others, aiming at the recovery and improvement of ecosystem services, in addition to regulating provisioning services[1].  Provision services are those that provide environmental goods or products used by human beings for consumption or sale, such as water, food, wood, fibers, and extracts, among others, as per article 2, II, of the PNPSA. Article 11 of the PNPSA stipulated the obligation of public authorities to promote technical assistance and training for the promotion and definition of valuation, validation, and monitoring metrics for environmental services[2]. Environmental services are individual or collective activities that favor the maintenance, recovery, or improvement of ecosystem services, according to article 2, III of the PNPSA, essential information that will give producers knowledge and autonomy to manage the variables that impact the business. In this sense, Brazil developed the first Brazilian satellite, Amazônia 1, by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), with support from the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) and the participation of national companies, which was launched into space by the Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) of Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. The Amazon 1 satellite will provide remote sensing data and images that will allow the monitoring of regions, environmental disasters, hydrographic basins, deforestation, and climate control. Thus, materializing the promotion and definition of metrics for environmental services and provision, becoming a recent example of technological cooperation, as Brazil does not have launch structures to put the satellite into orbit, it used diplomacy to establish a partnership with India, which is a major exporter of Brazilian agricultural commodities, which will indirectly benefit from this productivity improvement. Thus, we believe that technological advances help food producers, as it directs them and enables the development of a low-carbon activity, ensuring a sustainable system of food production, subsistence, and healthy quality of life for people.