The volume of the commodity’s exports to the region dropped 13% from January to October this year compared with the same period of 2010.
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Starting next Monday, Brazilian diplomats working in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas will take a course on agribusiness. The purpose is to train them for negotiating in the sector.
The country ranked seventh among the leading Brazilian agribusiness export destinations in October, with US$ 295 mn in sales and a 112% increase. Overall exports grew by 22.6% and reached US$ 8.5 bn.
The increment took place over a eight-year period, and FAO forecasts indicate that from 2012 onward, more than half the fish consumed will originate from aquaculture rather than sea fishing.
From January to October, Brazilian coffee exports generated US$ 7 billion in revenues. Last month alone, foreign sales reached US$ 871 million.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says, however, that the cost in October is higher than that recorded in the same period last year.
Agriculture Ministers of the bloc promoted a meeting this week, in China. The program establishes measures to be adopted from 2012 to 2016. The objective is to strengthen global production.
Foreign sales of the grain should total 1.2 million tonnes in this crop due to the lower production and higher global offer. In the last crop, 2.5 million tonnes were exported.
The Brazilian cattle herd increased by 2.1% last year as against 2009 and reached 209.5 million heads, according to a survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
The cooperative based in Cruz Alta, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, has shipped 1,000 tonnes of the product to the Arab country and is seeking new markets in the region.
Crops are expanding in the interior of São Paulo state, according to a state government study. Production should generate US$ 251 million in the region this year, 94% growth.
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation offers international cashew production and processing course starting November 14. There are openings for technicians from Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Up until October 1, 412 million tonnes were processed in the Mid-South, the main sugarcane farming region in Brazil. Sugar production declined by 4.2% and ethanol production decreased by 16.4%.
Three United Nations hunger relief agencies forecast that food insecurity will increase and claim that higher consumption of biofuels pushes food prices up.
