From the newsroom* São Paulo – Agribusiness in Brazil had US$ 4.3 billion revenues from exports in November. The amount is 17.9% more than the result for the same period last year. Due to the 44.5% increase in exports, which reached US$ 654 million in November, the surplus for the month was US$ 3.736 billion.
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Three technicians of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) spent a week in Lebanon to conduct an in-depth survey of fruit plantation, irrigation and beef cattle raising in the country. The idea is to help the country re-establish itself after the conflicts in July, when Israel attacked the country.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Exports of green coffee from Brazil had their second best monthly result since 1990. According to information disclosed yesterday (06) by the Brazilian Coffee Exporter Council (Cecafé), nearly 3 million 60-kilogram bags of coffee were exported, yielding US$ 360 million in revenues. According to Cecafé, the increase when compared
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The crisis lived by the agricultural sector over the last two years should not be repeated in 2007, believes the minister of Agriculture of Brazil, Luiz Carlos Guedes. The forecast, based on the expansion of the cultivated area and on the increase of sales of inputs in recent months, is for
From January to September this year, 1.74 million tonnes of the product were produced, 32% more than in the same period last year. Exports of the commodity to the Arabs through the port of Paranaguá have also increased.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The 2006/2007 sugarcane crop in Brazil should yield 475.7 million tonnes, according to the latest survey by the National Supply Company (Conab). The crop should be the largest in the history of the country, yielding 10.3% more than the previous one, which stood at 431.4 million tonnes. *Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
This information was supplied by the former minister of Agriculture of Brazil, Roberto Rodrigues. According to him, the governments of Holland and England showed interest in financing projects for production of ethanol on the African continent using Brazilian technology. Yesterday, Rodrigues was sworn in as coordinator of the Agribusiness Centre at Getulio Vargas Foundation, a famous Brazilian university. The Agribusiness Centre should focus mainly on agro-energy.
Agência Sebrae* Brasília – Despite the European embargo against Brazilian honey, which was put in place in March this year, Brazil continues breaking export records in the area. Revenues with foreign sales of the product in the first ten months of this year have already exceeded the total obtained in the whole of 2005. Revenues
Technicians of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) are currently in Lebanon to assess the damage caused by the conflict with Israel, which took place between July and August, and to help draw a plan for recovering fruit production and dairy cattle. The mission will end on Monday (27).
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Mobile Unit for Technology Transfer in Caprines and Ovines Handling, known as Bodemóvel (Moving Goat), started operating today (21), at the Exhibition Park of the Crato municipality, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará. The mobile unit, created through a partnership between the Ministry of National Integration and Sebrae, will
Approximately one year ago, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) planted 40 different types of olive trees in the Brazilian semi-arid. The seedlings came from eight different countries, including Morocco. In 2008, they should begin bearing fruits, which will attest to the viability of olive planting in the country.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil exported 255,892 tonnes of chicken in October, a reduction of 1.61% when compared to the same month in 2005. The shipments generated US$ 310.5 million, 11.83% less than in October last year. The figures were supplied today (13) by the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association (Abef). Although poultry sales
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Biofuel projects based on sugarcane farming on irrigated areas in Minas Gerais, Bahia and Piauí are getting closer and closer to implementation. Today (13) a technical cooperation agreement considering bio-ethanol and biodiesel projects will be signed between the São Francisco and Parnaíba Valley Development Company (Codevasf), the Agricultural Cooperation Company (Campo)
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian agribusiness exports reached US$ 48.2 billion in the last 12 months, a value 14.5% greater than in the same period last year. The surplus was US$ 41.9 billion, according to figures supplied by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply. The sectors that contributed the most to the
