A group of 40 farmers is carrying out a programme to provide more quality to lamb and increase its market. In total, 3,000 animals have already been slaughtered under the project and sold for prices up to 20% higher than the regular market price. In the long term, the meat may be exported.
Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
The Brazilian germplasm bank should increase from 107,000 to 150,000 samples by the end of the year. This will elevate the country from the seventh to the fourth position in preservation of genetic material from plant species. The bank is kept by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and should receive samples from the United States.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Expenditures by Brazilian tourists in foreign countries remain high. According to data disclosed today (28th) by the Brazilian Central Bank, foreign spending by Brazilians totalled US$ 751 million in March, growth of 44.1% in comparison with the value recorded in the same month of last year. In the first three months
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Brazilian balance of trade posted a negative balance once again. According to figures disclosed today (28th) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, during the fourth week of April, between the 21st and 27th, Brazilian imports surpassed exports by US$ 88 million. It was the fourth week
Diplomat Edgard Casciano will take charge of the Brazilian embassy in the capital of Syria in July. He was head of cabinet at the general undersecretariat of policies for Africa, Asia/Oceania and the Middle East at the Itamaraty (Brazilian foreign office) and wants to encourage expansion of trade, investment and also cultural and academic relations between Brazil and Syria.
Going in the opposite direction of the competition, the slaughterhouse started to sell more livestock, in addition to beef. To the company, the two activities complement each other. Leading destinations are Venezuela and Lebanon, and the market is growing.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The unemployment rate in Brazil stood at 8.6% in March, as against the 8.7% rate recorded in February. The rate also decreased in comparison with the same month of last year (10.1%). The rate is the lowest for the month of March since 2002. The data were surveyed in six regions
Brazilian oil company Petrobras was also interested in the assets of ExxonMobil in the country. In the face of growing ethanol consumption, the sugar and alcohol sector enterprise deemed it necessary to enter the fuel distribution sector.
