
The Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) promoted, in the second (13), the first meeting of the National Commission of Women of Agro to announce the president and the vice-presidents and discuss the main demands and actions that will be worked on by the collegiate. ANC, Bruno Lucchi, opened the meeting and highlighted the objective of the Commission, which is to expand and strengthen the participation of women in the union system and develop female leadership in the agricultural sector.
Then, Bruno presented the agronomist Stephanie Ferreira as the president of the Commission. Natural of the municipality of Tres Lagoas, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Stephanie has worked in the National Service of Rural Learning (Senar) of the state and participated in the CNA Young in 2016. Currently she provides livestock advisory service, is vice president of the Rural Union of Three Lagoons and makes up the board of the Federation of Agriculture and Livestock of Mato Grosso do Sul (Famasul).
In addition to the president, the National Commission of Women in Agro is composed of two vice-presidents: Geni Schenkel and Simone de Paula. Geni is a physiotherapy graduate, but left the profession in 2018 to work in the field. Currently she is a rural producer in Mato Grosso and president of the Agro-ligados movement. Simone is already an agronomist, but she also left the academic field to migrate to the union leader chair. She is president of the Union of Rural Producers of Simplicio Mendes-PI.



