Blairo Maggi

Blairo Maggi.

Blairo Borges Maggi (born May 29, 1956 in São Miguel do Iguaçu , Paraná ) is a Brazilian politician and industrialist of Italian descent. He was governor of the state of Mato Grosso from 2003 to 2010. Maggi is a member of the Partido da República (PR), which was an ally of the Lula government . Since June 9, 2016, he has been Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply in the Michel Temer government .

Life

Blairo Maggi, known as "Soy King", belongs to Grupo André Maggi . It is the largest soy grower in the world, which also processes and exports soy and also promotes the necessary infrastructure such as storage, handling and transport capacities, as well as road and waterways. Its expanded power base is based on Aprosoya , the Brazilian umbrella organization of soy producers. The Bom Futuro group of companies is owned by Maggi's cousin Eraí Scheffer .

The Maggi family, who had previously lived in southern Brazil, moved to Mato Grosso in the 1980s. The André Maggi ( Amaggi ) group emerged from what was once a family business in just a few years . The city of Sapezal was founded by them.

Mato Grosso is the main growing area for soy in Brazil. Maggi owns around 400,000 hectares of land. In addition to soy, he also grows corn and cotton there. He himself is considered a land robber by environmentalists because under his government the state of Mato Grosso had the largest rainforest deforestation in Brazil. As governor of the state of Mato Grosso, Maggi campaigns for the Brazilian government not to recognize the land rights of the Enawenê-Nawê and other indigenous ethnic groups in his state.

In January 2004, Maggi took out a US $ 230 million working capital loan from an international banking consortium arranged by Rabobank, Netherlands. The banking consortium consisted of 11 banks, including WestLB and HSH Nordbank .

That is why he received the dubious “ Golden Chainsaw ” award from the Greenpeace organization . He describes himself as a nature lover and environmentalist. The activities of his company are examined very critically in the documentary We Feed the World , including the use of genetically modified soy , which is produced for the world market.

bibliography

Jan Willem van Gelder: German financial institutions and multilateral financial institutions in the bioenergy sector. A study on behalf of the German NGO Platform Sustainable Biomass (PDF; 1.1 MB), as of April 2009. Accessed on June 3, 2010
Süddeutsche Zeitung : The King of Soy Beans. Blairo Maggi wants to feed the world with his soy products - that brought him wealth and power, but also a golden chainsaw, dated November 4, 2007

Web links

Commons : Blairo Maggi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Tjerk Brühwiller: “Everyone is addicted to it” - Brazil satisfies the growing hunger for soy. [...] In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Folio): Soya . Zurich August 2012, p. 22-27 .
↑ Soy-threatened strain on UK TV news. Accessed June 3, 2010.
^ Jan Willem van Gelder: German financial institutions and multilateral financial institutions in the bioenergy sector. A study on behalf of the German NGO Platform Sustainable Biomass, as of April 2009, p. 30.

personal data
SURNAME	Maggi, Blairo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Maggi, Blairo Borges (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian politician and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 29, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	São Miguel do Iguaçu , Paraná

[:0-1] Tjerk Brühwiller: “Everyone is addicted to it” - Brazil satisfies the growing hunger for soy. [...] In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Folio): Soya . Zurich August 2012, p. 22-27 .

[2] Soy-threatened strain on UK TV news. Accessed June 3, 2010.

[3] Jan Willem van Gelder: German financial institutions and multilateral financial institutions in the bioenergy sector. A study on behalf of the German NGO Platform Sustainable Biomass, as of April 2009, p. 30.