This statement is by the executive secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil, Gerardo Fontelles. He met on Wednesday (6), with the minister of Agriculture of Saudi Arabia, Fahad Bal Ghunaim.
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São Paulo – The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) will promote a forum named Africa-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplace Forum, on Wednesday (6th) and Thursday in Brasília. The event should be attended by 120 researchers from the two regions. Issues to be addressed will include technologies for increasing production and actions for improving the handling of
Brazil processes only 30% of the products it exports. Heavier investment in agricultural sector research could change the picture, scientists say.
Fahad Bal Ghunaim, the Saudi minister of Agriculture, points the country out as one of the main targets for investment in agriculture, to ensure the supply of its population.
Cattle slaughter in Brazil grew 7.2% in the second quarter of the year as against the previous period, according to IBGE figures. Some 7.587 million heads of cattle were butchered in the period.
A business mission led by the Saudi minister of Agriculture, Fahad Abdulrahman Balghunaim, should arrive in the country next week. The group should meet with ministers and entrepreneurs.
Omani and Emirati importers attended the business roundtables at the Fruit & Technology fair in São Paulo. They are seeking products such as grapes, apples, peaches, cherries, strawberries etc.
Brazilian production of the agricultural input reached 6.04 million tonnes from January to August this year, an increase of 13.9% over the same period of 2009. In august, the output rose by 11.9%.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva believes that regions such as Europe, Japan and the US will use ethanol from sugarcane. The North Americans tax the product to protect their maize production.
The manager of market relations at the Brazilian Poultry Farming Union, Adriano Zerbini, integrates a mission led by minister Miguel Jorge and should address the matter with Algerian authorities.
The National Semi-Arid Institute is studying cattle of the Pé Duro breed, which survives well in warm climates. Genes may be used to adapt other breeds to global warming.
The country was the top-growing target among the leading importers of Brazilian agricultural products in August. In terms of regions, Africa was the bloc to which sales increased by the highest rate.
This Thursday, at the Port of Rio Grande, 7,800 heads of cattle started being shipped to Lebanon and Turkey. The animals will travel in the Panamanian cattle ship Kenoz.
The country picked 149 million tonnes of grain in the 2009/2010 crop. The figure is the largest in history, exceeding the 144.1 million tonnes in the 2007/2008 crop.
