Embrapa is going to work to repair damaged regions for use in agribusiness. According to the president of the research corporation, Pedro Arraes, this may double the Brazilian herd.
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Despite the 9.5% reduction in total sector exports, shipments from Brazil to the Arab nations rose 16% in the first seven months of the year and totalled US$ 3.7 billion.
An agreement between Apex and the Brazilian Hereford and Braford Association has as its objectives fostering exports of genetic material of both cattle breeds.
The brand, which is based in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and has been exporting rice to Lebanon and Palestine since 2004, also begun selling to Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Algeria this year.
This is the opinion of Agriculture minister Reinhold Stephanes, to whom the picture has evolved much since late last year, when the crisis hit the sector and generated negative expectations.
According to a study disclosed by the National Food Supply Company (Conab), the 2008/2009 crop should be 134.49 million tonnes.
Brazil exported 2,184,571 bags of coffee in July, a volume that represents 4.7% growth when compared to the same period last year. The Arabica variety answered to 84% of exports.
The minister of Energy and Climate Change of the UK, Ed Miliband, visited a plant owned by Cosan group, in Piracicaba, and was very interested in lower greenhouse gas emissions through ethanol.
Brazil received over US$ 3.5 billion in foreign direct investment for production of oil products and biofuels, in a period of two and a half years.
Embrapa and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (Fara) are going to create a virtual platform to share research and information about markets and do business in the agricultural sector.
Representatives of Brazilian embassies in 23 countries got to know the main exporting sectors, such as meats, soy, coffee, sugar, alcohol and fruit, so as to better promote them in the foreign market.
Brazilian shipments in the sector grew only to those two regions in the first half of the year. Four Arab countries ranked among the 10 leading destinations for the product during the period.
Foreign sales by the sector grew 12% in June over the same month of last year, driven mainly by sales of soy, sugar and alcohol, and tobacco and its products.
The professionals, who work in strategic positions abroad, visited poultry, swine and bovine slaughterhouses, and fruit and grain production premises in various Brazilian states.
