it is also lower than the average in the united states its main competitor for several products the oecd average is there are also specific programmes that target smallscale agriculture with some purchases being distributed via food programmes they are announced regionally through the pgpm politica de garantia de pregos minimos by the secretary of agricultural policy spa operated by the national food supply agency companhia nacional de abastecimento conab this mechanism covers a great variety of crops from rice wheat maize cotton soybeans to regional crops like cassava beans agai guarana sisal and a few livestock products like cow and goat milk and honey other price support mechanisms for commercial agriculture are the direct government purchases aquisigdo do gouemo federal agf and the provision financing of storage by the fepm financiamento para estocagem de produtos agropecuarios integrates da politica de garantia de pregos minimos former emprestimo do gouemo federalegf