São Paulo – The Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA) was granted yesterday evening (24), in Brazilian capital Brasília, the 2010 Agriculture Ministry Journalism Award. Article “A new diet for crops”, by journalist Isaura Daniel, won in the Internet category. The article shows the initiatives of Brazil for production of organic and organomineral fertilizers to guarantee the supply of national agriculture and to face the high price of the chemical product.
This was the first edition of the Agriculture Ministry Journalism Award and is part of the commemorative agenda of the 150th anniversary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, on July 28th of this year. A total of 149 journalists from all over Brazil competed.
The Ministry chose the three best articles in each of the five categories awarded: Internet, TV, Radio and Print. In the print category, the first prize went to journalist Bettina Maria de Barros, from newspaper Valor Econômico, for article “Preservation grants money to farmers in three cities”.
In television news, the winner was Marcelo Moreira Ramiro, for article “Irrigated rice in the Pantanal”, broadcast by TV Morena, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, and in radio news, the winning article was by Joice Cristina Hasselman, of radio station Band News, for article “Bioenergy: an intelligent solution”.
The ceremony took place at Anatel Cultural Centre, with the presence of the minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, Reinhold Stephanes, media professionals, federal government employees and representatives of agribusiness enterprises and international organisations.
About the agency
ANBA is the news agency of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and was established in 2003 by Agência Meios, at the organisation’s request. The articles are published to generate a greater flow of information between the Arab world and Brazil and to promote closer commercial and cultural ties. ANBA, which has partnerships with eight news agencies in Brazil and the Arab world, has versions in Portuguese and English and receives over 500,000 visits a month from Brazil and abroad.
This is the tenth Journalism award won by ANBA in the little over six years since it was established. ANBA has already won the Massey Ferguson Journalism award three times running, the National Confederation of Transport (CNT) award twice as well as the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), the National Association of Railway Transport (ANTF), National Coffee Council (CNC) and the Brazilian Machinery Manufacturers Association (Abimaq) awards.
*Translated by Mark Ament
