The Brazilian harvest may amount to 50.5 million bags this year. More than half should be shipped abroad.
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The Brazilian coffee crop may reach 50.5 million bags of coffee this year. Over half should be exported.
The country is looking for partnerships in Brazil in order to manufacture more fuel and sugar. The Sudanese ambassador to Brasília has met with enterprises and an industry association.
The Brazilian grain crop should reach 164,500 tonnes in 2012, over the 2.8% obtained last year, according to figures disclosed on Thursday (6) by Brazil’s Institute for Geography and Statistics.
According to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, the record high sales to foreign countries in August do not pose a threat to the country’s domestic supplies.
The state increased production from 12,000 tonnes in the early 1990s to over one million tonnes. The arrival of new entrepreneurs, development of technology and a promising market helped.
In the Arab country, 1.5 million hectares of farmable lands are in the hands of foreign investors, according to a FAO/Fida study.
With better trained Brazilian producers, suppliers of fertilizers will have to offer greater quality and services, said specialists during a Brazilian congress in the area, in São Paulo.
According to specialists, only thus will the prices of agricultural commodities decline, driving away the risk of food insecurity. For Brazil, however, opportunities are up for grabs.
According to the Brazilian Central Bank, the outflow of dollars surpassed the inflow in the country from August 1st to 10th.
The sector exported the equivalent of US$ 9 billion. The highlights were maize, whose sales were up 431%, and soy, up 23.5%. Egypt ranked among the leading target markets.
Mendes Ribeiro (Agriculture) said that Brazilian grain production should reach 166 million tonnes this year. The IBGE, however, forecasts a crop of 163 million tonnes.
The state has created the ‘Origem Minas’, to promote, in Brazil and abroad, the quality and diversification of agriculture and livestock products. Meetings with importers are scheduled.
Foreign sales amounted to US$ 429 million in July, a 20% decline from the same month of 2011. The volume shipped, however, was up 0.7%.
