Brazilian sales totalled 2.4 million bags in the month. Since the start of the crop year, the country posted US$ 4.5 billion in revenues from shipment of 29.28 million bags.
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There should be growth of 8.8% over 2009, according to the Brazilian Statistics Institute. The soy crop should increase by 7.2%. Planted area in Brazil, however, has decreased 0.9% over last year.
The value is 7.4% greater than that made available for farmers in the previous crop. The plan should be announced today by Brazilian president Lula at the Embrapa, in Brasília.
Six laboratories of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture are going to receive US$ 25 million in 2010. The labs conduct analyses of products of animal and vegetable origin.
Brazil is not going to lose its potential for producing food as a result of increasing sugarcane crops. So shows a survey by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea).
Brazilian foreign sales in the first four months of 2010 grew by 18% in comparison with the same period of last year. Shipments totalled 1.15 million tonnes.
The agreement with the Arab country’s Agricultural Research Center will enable the development of joint activities geared towards sustainable agriculture in technical and scientific areas.
To the Sudanese Agriculture minister, an agreement signed with Brazil creates ample opportunities for Brazilian agricultural exports, from seeds to agroindustrial units.
Exports of Brazilian agricultural products to the Middle East generated US$ 505 million in revenues in April. The figure was equivalent to 8.6% of the industry’s revenues from foreign sales.
Ministers of Agriculture of the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding in the Brazilian capital Brasília providing for exchange in research and training to scientists, among other actions.
The forum will be held in the Brazilian federal capital on this Wednesday and Thursday. Participants will discuss Latin America’s role in the challenge of doubling food production by 2050.
On Wednesday and Thursday, Brazilian capital should host the World Agricultural Forum, to discuss the part played by Latin America in the challenge of doubling food production up to 2050.
The superintendant at Cocamar, from Paraná, one of the main agricultural cooperatives in Brazil, says that the sector works well in foreign trade, but needs to learn to export more efficiently.
Ten companies and organizations announced the establishment of the Brazilian Alliance for Aviation Biofuels. The objective is to promote the development of renewable sources.
