The cultivation of mate, especially the one held in the forests of Araucaria do Paraná, was recognized internationally this Thursday (22) UNITED NATIONAL ORGANIZATION (UN), and entered the equity list of agricultural systems of global importance.
According to the UN, the title offers “a rare example of agricultural practices that preserve forest coverage and, at the same time, support the means of subsistence and cultural heritage.”
“In addition to having these components, important for industry, the shaded yerba mate cultivation system works in a kind of forest consortium, which produces the grass with other preserved species,” said Forest Engineer Avner Paes Gomes, which is part of the Paraná Rural Development Institute.
Can be consumed in the form of tea, by infusion, beyond mate, with hot water, or at tereré with cold water, Ilex-Paraguariensis, a scientific name of yerba mate, has diuretic action, accelerating metabolism, as well as preventing diabetes, and combating the bad rates of cholesterol and triglycerides.
In the last IBGE census of 2022, the total production of yerba mate reached 618.6 thousand tons.
Originally from South America, besides Brazil, yerba mate is also very present in neighboring countries such as Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
The plant comes from indigenous peoples, especially Guarani, whose tradition was to consume yerba mate as a reflection ritual.
According to Embrapa, besides Paraná, the plant is also native to other southern states and part of Mato Grosso do Sul.
However, its consumption has spread throughout the country, from Rio Grande do Sul to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, where the beach consumption, in the form of iced tea, due to the high temperatures in summer.
This content was originally published in yerba mate cultivation in PR is elected UN agricultural heritage on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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