R. W. Thomas Canada

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N.P. Kowalski & Cia Ltda Rua Peregrino Ferrari Júnior, 317 Centro - 84165-050 - Castro - Paraná 55. 42 3232.5670 – Celular 55. 42 9972.1972 – E-Mail: nadiel.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com www.facebook.com/npkconsultoria www.npkconsultoria.com

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Itinerary – Parana & Mato Grosso States in Brazil R.W.Thomas Agricultural Tour, 2014 It is our pleasure to provide to R. W. Thomas Group this Itinerary featuring Brazilian agriculture and culture. We understand that the objectives for the delegation are to learn about 1) agriculture technology and agronomic practices in Brazil, 2) issues facing Brazilian farmers, and 3) the Brazilian culture. We have designed the following Program accordingly.

Week Days / February Days / Itinerary Days Sex Fri 07 5

Sáb Sat 08 6

Dom Sun 09 7

Day 5 • Friday, 7 February Early wakeup call Breakfast (if available)

Seg Mon 10 8

Ter Tue 11 9

Qua Wed 12 10

Qui Thu 13 11

Sex Fri 14 12

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05:00

Drive to Iguassu Falls airport Check in flight JJ 3150 to Curitiba

06:55 08:01

Flight to Curitiba Arrival flight JJ 3886 from Iguassu Falls Airport Reception and welcome by NPK

Sáb Sat 15 13

Depart Iguassu Falls

Curitiba is the Capital of Parana State, located in the South East region of Brazil. Its 1,8 million inhabitants have 16 parks, 14 forests and more than 1000 green public spaces as their immediate neighbours. As a whole, the green urban areas in Curitiba are among the largest in the world and every inhabitant of the city has approximately 52 m² of nature to romp about in.

Brazil's green capital makes a tremendous effort to preserve the city's natural environment and is regarded by many as one of the world's best examples of green urban planning

08:45 Drive to Curitiba Municipal Market The Curitiba Municipal Market is for sure a wonderful show of the region production (grains, fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers, organic, besides seasoning and flavoring from Brazil and other countries www.mercadomunicipaldecuritiba.com.br

N.P. Kowalski & Cia Ltda Rua Peregrino Ferrari Júnior, 317 Centro - 84165-050 - Castro - Paraná 55. 42 3232.5670 – Celular 55. 42 9972.1972 – E-Mail: nadiel.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com www.facebook.com/npkconsultoria www.npkconsultoria.com

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10:15

Drive to OCEPAR Welcome Institutional Presentation on OCEPAR (Parana State Cooperatives Association)

The Paraná State Cooperatives System represents more than 230 affiliated cooperatives and congregates more than five hundred thousand members. It is made up by farmers, credit, educational, infrastructure, labor, transport, leisure and tourism, mineral, transport, housing and health cooperatives. The system is also responsible more than 50% of the state rural GDP www.ocepar.org.br 12:15 Lunch (on own) 13:30 City Tour (Oscar Niemeyer, Museum, Wire Opera, Tangua Park, Botanical Garden)

Wire Opera Designed by architect Domingos Bongestabs, the striking Wire Opera House (Ópera de Arame) is a round structure built in steel and covered with transparent polycarbonate. To reach the theater, visitors must cross a bridge over a lake. The opera house is surrounded by lush vegetation and waterfalls in an area that used to be a quarry.

It was buit in 75 days and opened in March 18, 1992. Its auditorium has a capacity for 2,1 thousand seated expectators.Espaço Cultural Paulo Leminski, named for a Curitiba poet, is an open-air, 5175-square-foot stage whose acoustics benefit from a 90-foot tall rock wall.

Tangua Park This park was inaugurated in 1996, the Tanguá Park surprises with its beauty as an example of urban space being re-utilized, on one old complex of disactivated quarries, and it is part of the Barigüi river preservation project joining Tingüi and Barigüi parks. This park with an area of 450 thousand square meters has two quarries connected by a 45 meter tunnel that may be crossed on foot by a path over the water. It can be visited on boat or on foot (hiking). The park has a cooper and bicycle track, snack bar, belvedere and Poty Lazzaroto garden.

N.P. Kowalski & Cia Ltda Rua Peregrino Ferrari Júnior, 317 Centro - 84165-050 - Castro - Paraná 55. 42 3232.5670 – Celular 55. 42 9972.1972 – E-Mail: nadiel.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com www.facebook.com/npkconsultoria www.npkconsultoria.com

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Botanical Garden The Botanical Garden of Curitiba is also known as the "Jardim Botânico Fanchette Rischbieter". This is a park located in the city of Curitiba, the capital of the state of Paraná, and the biggest city in southern Brazil. It is the major tourist attraction of the city, and it houses part of the campus of the Federal University of Paraná. Opened in 1991, Curitiba's trademark botanical garden was created in the style of French gardens. Once the portal of entry, may be seen extensive gardens in the French style in the midst of fountains, waterfalls and lakes, and the main greenhouse of 458 square meters, which shelters in its interior, copies plants characteristic of tropical regions. It rolls out its carpet of flowers to the visitors right at the entrance. This occupies 240.000 m² in area. The principal greenhouse, in an art nouveau style with a modern metallic structure, resembles the mid-19th century Crystal Palace in London. The Botanic Museum, which provides a national reference collection of native flora, attracts researchers from all over the world. It includes many botanic species from the moist Atlantic Forests of eastern Brazil.

Check in Hotel Deville in Curitiba 99, Comendador Araujo St. 80 000-000 Curitiba - PR Phone: 55 41 3883-4777 www.deville.com.br Dinner (on own) Overnight in Curitiba (1st of 2 nights) Day 6 • Saturday, 8 February (B/L/-)* 06:15 Wakeup Call Breakfast 07:30 Drive to Train Station 08:00 Scenic train down the sea mountains

Curitiba - PR

One of the oldest railways in Brazil, today also operated by Serra Verde Express, which offers the tourist a highly enjoyable experience, inspiring respect for the environment and historic heritage. The trails go down the sea mountains in a daring, impressive and unique engineering masterpiece through 14 tunnels, 30 bridges and many big viaducts. www.serraverdeexpress.com.br

12:30 13:45

Lunch (Sea food Included) Boat ride Paranagua Port

N.P. Kowalski & Cia Ltda Rua Peregrino Ferrari Júnior, 317 Centro - 84165-050 - Castro - Paraná 55. 42 3232.5670 – Celular 55. 42 9972.1972 – E-Mail: nadiel.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com www.facebook.com/npkconsultoria www.npkconsultoria.com

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15:15

Visit Port Administration

The main grain export corridor in Brazil and the largest in Latin America. It exports containers, frozen goods, cars, wood, salt, sugar and paper among others. The main clients are United States, China, Japan, and European Community www.portosdoparana.pr.gov.br

17:00

Drive to Curitiba (100km, 1h30min) Dinner (on own) Overnight in Curitiba (2nd of 2 nights)

Day 7 • Sunday, 9 February (B/L/D)* Carambeí / Tibagi - PR 6:15 Wakeup Call Breakfast Check out hotel 07:30 Drive to Assentamento Contestado (80km, 1h30min+ 10 km gravel road, 30min) 09:00 Round table with the Assentamento leaders Short tour Assentamento Land Reform settlement. Following the end of Brazil’s Military dictatorship in 1985, the Brazilian constitution allowed for unproductive land to be sold to groups of landless farmers. They now produce about half of dietary staples like manioc, beans and corn. We will visit the 3000 ha Contestado Assentamento and Agroecology School of Latin America.

11:30 12:45 15:00 17:00

Lunch at Assentamento (included) Drive to Carambeí (140km, 2h) Farm Visit Drive to Tibagi (85km, 1h15min) Check in hotel Itagy in Tibagi Av. Manoel das Dores, 1515 Tibagi 84300-000 Phone: 55 42 3275-1373 www.hotelitagy.com.br Dinner in the hotel restaurant (included) Overnight in Tibagi (1st of 1 evening)

Day 8 • Monday, 10 February (B/L/-)* 06:15 Wakeup Call Breakfast Check out hotel 07:30 Drive to Nhá Tota Farm (15km, 20min) N.P. Kowalski & Cia Ltda Rua Peregrino Ferrari Júnior, 317 Centro - 84165-050 - Castro - Paraná 55. 42 3232.5670 – Celular 55. 42 9972.1972 – E-Mail: nadiel.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com www.facebook.com/npkconsultoria www.npkconsultoria.com

Londrina - PR

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08:00 Farm Visit Traditional property under family administration since 1921 when it was acquired by the great grandmother. She used to buy and sell cattle in the region and to fat the cattle in Tibagi. Today it is under her grandson administration. He is a vet and since he took over the property he has changed some of the area for extensive cattle breeding production to no tillage. In low fertility areas he has implanted a reforestation program. The grain production is for human consumption.

In the Summer soybean and corn and white oats, barley and wheat as Winter crops. The grain production residue is used for feeding for ovine and feed lot. He also develops a Rent-a-womb project in partnership with Castrolanda Coop to produce Holstein calves and heifers for the dairy farmers.

10:00

Drive to Londrina (240km, 3h30min) Lunch on the way (included)

15:00

Visit Embrapa Soja www.embrapa.br/english

Embrapa Soybean is one of 45 research units of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation Embrapa. Its mission is “to provide feasible solutions for the sustainability of the soybean and sunflower productive chains, through research, development and innovation, for the benefit of Brazilian society”.

Its contributions to the Brazilian soybean agribusiness, places Embrapa Soybean as a world reference in the development of technologies for tropical areas. Its main contributions are: development of cultivars adapted to low latitudes; pest biological control, integrated pest management; soil management and conservation techniques; among others.

Embrapa Soybean is also in charge of the sunflower research program, nationally, and wheat research program, for the State of Paraná, carried out in partnership with Embrapa Wheat (Passo Fundo, RS) and the Agronomic Institute of Paraná (Londrina, PR).

Besides, Embrapa Soybean collaborates with other Embrapa Units, like Embrapa Maize and Sorghum (Sete Lagoas, MG) and Embrapa Rice and Beans (Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO), carrying out research activities with maize and beans in the State of Paraná 17:00

Drive to Londrina (25km, 30min) Check in hotel Boulevard Residence in Londrina Av. Higienópolis, 199 86020-080 - Londrina PR Phone: 55 43 3305-9000 www.boulevardresidence.com.br Dinner (on own) Overnight in Londrina (1st of 1 night)

N.P. Kowalski & Cia Ltda Rua Peregrino Ferrari Júnior, 317 Centro - 84165-050 - Castro - Paraná 55. 42 3232.5670 – Celular 55. 42 9972.1972 – E-Mail: nadiel.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com www.facebook.com/npkconsultoria www.npkconsultoria.com

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Day 9 • Tuesday, 11 February (B/L/-)* 06:15 Wakeup Call Breakfast Check out hotel 07:30 Drive to Holambra (280km, 4h)

11:30 13:00

Holambra - PR

Lunch (included) Visit Holambra (grain, fruit and flower cooperative)

In order to grow and develop one has to give value to the past to invest in the present and to believe in the future. With this philosophy in 1960 a group of Dutch pioneers from Holambra (Campinas) and immigrants got together to start a dynamic cooperative based on the members’ needs.

In the beginning the production was based on rice, corn and soybeans. Today the cooperative has around 100 members that cultivate 33.000 ha (80.000 acres) with grains, cotton, flowers and tropical fruits. www.holambra.com.br

16:00 Drive to São Paulo (280km, 4h) Check in hotel Panamby in São Paulo Rod. Presidente Dutra KM 223,8 Guarulhos São Paulo 07034-913 Phone: 55 11 2714-7300 www.hotelpanamby.com Dinner (on own) Overnight in São Paulo (1st of 1 night) Day 10 • Wednesday, 12 February (B/L/-)* 07:30 Wakeup Call Breakfast 08:30 Morning meeting with Canadian Embassy ag rep at hotel (overview, Q&A)

N.P. Kowalski & Cia Ltda Rua Peregrino Ferrari Júnior, 317 Centro - 84165-050 - Castro - Paraná 55. 42 3232.5670 – Celular 55. 42 9972.1972 – E-Mail: nadiel.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com www.facebook.com/npkconsultoria www.npkconsultoria.com

Cuiabá - MT

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11:55 13:05

Check out hotel Drive to São Paulo airport Check in flight JJ 3638 to Cuiabá Flight to Cuiabá Arrival flight JJ 3638 from São Paulo

13:30

Lunch (included)

14:30 16:00

Drive to Aprosoja Visit Aprosoja

09:30

Mato Grosso State Soybean Producers Association. The State is the world largest soybean producer representing 8% of the world production and 30% of the Brazilian Production and 8% of the world soy . www.aprosoja.com.br 17:00

Drive to hotel (15km, 45min – heavy traffic) Check in hotel Deville in Cuiabá 1000, Isaac Póvoas Ave 78043-745 Cuiabá MT Phone: 55 65 3319-3000 www.deville.com.br Dinner (on own) Overnight in Cuiabá( 1st of 1 evening)

Day 11 • Thursday, 13 February (B/L/-)* 06:15 Wakeup Call Breakfast Check out hotel 07:30 Drive to Campo Verde (134km, 2h) 09:30 Visit Cooperfibra

Campo Verde / Primavera do Leste - MT

Cooperfibra renders services to soybean, corn and crop producers. The cooperative was founded in 2001and it buys inputs and seeds for the members besides selling cotton to the external market. They have grain storage facilities and recently built a cotton yarn plant to aggregate value to the cotton fiber.

Campo Verde is known as the “cotton capital in Brazil”.

Campo Verde last crop planted 51.000 ha of cotton, 179.000 ha of soybean and 78.000 ha of corn.

10:30 12:15 13:30

Visit Cooperfibra cotton yarn processing plant Lunch (included) Drive to Primavera do Leste (103 km, 1h30min)

N.P. Kowalski & Cia Ltda Rua Peregrino Ferrari Júnior, 317 Centro - 84165-050 - Castro - Paraná 55. 42 3232.5670 – Celular 55. 42 9972.1972 – E-Mail: nadiel.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com www.facebook.com/npkconsultoria www.npkconsultoria.com

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15:00 17:30

Visit Farm on the way Visit John Deere and Case Dealer Check in hotel Agulhon in Primavera do Leste 433, Frederico Westphalen St 78500-000 Primavera do Leste Phone: 55 66 3500-2424 www.agulhonhotel.com

Rest by the swimming pool Dinner (on own) Overnight in Primavera do Leste (1st of 2 nights) Day 12 • Friday, 14 February (B/L/D)* 06:15 Wakeup Call Breakfast Check out hotel 07:30 Drive to Bom Futuro Farm (130km, 1h45min) 09:15

Primavera do Leste - MT

Visit Bom Futuro Farm www.bomfuturo.com.br

The Maggi & Scheffer Group is one of the largest soybean producers in the world. Today they plant around 250.000 ha (600.000 acres) in Mato Grosso.

Large and diversified operation comprising grains, seeds (soybean and cotton), cattle, fish farms and hydro power plants.

16:30

Lunch(Included) Continue Visit Drive to Primavera do Leste (130km, 1h45min) Rest by the swimming pool Happy Hour/ barbecue (included) Overnight in Primavera do Leste (2nd of 2 nights)

Day 13 • Saturday, 15 February (B/-/-)* 06:30 Wakeup Call Breakfast Check out hotel 07:45 Drive to Chapada dos Guimarães (170km, 1h45min) Short stop at Brazil Geodesic Center for Pic taken 10:00 Drive to Pantanal shopping (65km, 1h) Lunch (on own)

Primavera do Leste - MT

N.P. Kowalski & Cia Ltda Rua Peregrino Ferrari Júnior, 317 Centro - 84165-050 - Castro - Paraná 55. 42 3232.5670 – Celular 55. 42 9972.1972 – E-Mail: nadiel.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com www.facebook.com/npkconsultoria www.npkconsultoria.com

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Free time for souvenir shopping

12:45

14:40 17:50

Drive to Cuiabá airport (20km, 45min – heavy traffic) Check in flight JJ 3639 to São Paulo Flight to São Paulo Arrival flight JJ 3639 in São Paulo Check in connecting flight to Canada Depart for overnight flight to Canada

*Subtitles: B – breakfast L – lunch D – dinner

Day 14 • Sunday, 16 February

Arrive in Canada

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Primavera do Leste - MT Thank you for your visit. We hope to hear from you soon.

Program organized by: Consulting in Communication, Events Organization, Commercial and Institutional Relations, Cooperativism, Inbound and Outbound Technical Tourism Peregrino Ferrari Junior St, 317 / Zip Code: 84165-050 Castro, Paraná, Brazil 55 42 3232.5670 (office) 55 42 9972.1972 (mobile) Skype: kowalskiskype E-mail Nadiel Pacheco Kowalski – nadiel.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com E-mail Ana Lúcia Ramos Kowalski – ana.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com

N.P. Kowalski & Cia Ltda Rua Peregrino Ferrari Júnior, 317 Centro - 84165-050 - Castro - Paraná 55. 42 3232.5670 – Celular 55. 42 9972.1972 – E-Mail: nadiel.kowalski@npkconsultoria.com www.facebook.com/npkconsultoria www.npkconsultoria.com

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