Blairo Maggi

Blairo Maggi (born 29 May 1956 São Miguel do Iguaçu, Paraná ) is a Brazilian politician and industrialist of Italian descent. He was governor of the state of Mato Grosso from 2003-2007 and was re-elected for 2007-2010. Maggi is a member of the Partido da República (PR ), the ally of the Lula government is.

The Grupo Amaggi which belongs to him, the biggest soybean growers worldwide, Mato Grosso, the main growing region for soybean in Brazil. Maggi include approximately 400,000 ha of land. There he builds next to soy also corn and cotton. He himself considered by environmentalists as invaders, because under his rule the state of Mato Grosso had the highest deforestation of Brazil. Maggi continues as Governor of the State of Mato Grosso in the Brazilian federal government for a not to recognize the land rights of Enawenê Nawe and other indigenous ethnic groups in his state.

In January 2004, Maggi took out a loan for working capital in the amount of U.S. $ 230 million from a syndicate of international banks, which had been arranged by Rabobank (Netherlands). The syndicate consisted of 11 banks including WestLB and HSH Nordbank.

From the organization Greenpeace 's why he got the dubious distinction of the "Golden Chainsaw ". He describes himself as nature lovers and environmentalists. The activities of his company to be very critically examined in the documentary We Feed the World, among other things, 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 commissioned by the German NGO Platform on Sustainable Biomass (PDF, 1.1 MB)., As of April 2009 Accessed 3 June 2010
• Süddeutsche Zeitung: The king of soy beans. Blairo Maggi, the world wants to eat with his soy products - which has earned him wealth and power, but also a golden chain, from November 4, 2007