The agricultural machinery producer, based in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, exports to over 80 countries. Among them are Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Mauritania, Syria and Tunisia. The eight countries were responsible for 10% of the total sold abroad by Jacto last year.
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The product started being cultivated in the Arab country in 1820 and was the main source of income for most local families for many years. Tewfic Youssef Tewfic, of the Ministry of Agriculture of Egypt, recalls that in the past, the harvest period was a time of plenty in Egypt.
Roses, sword lilies, gerberas, chrysanthemums, daisies and carnations have changed the reality of 200 families from the city of Maracás, in the northeastern state of Bahia. Ever since the Program for Development of Floriculture was created, in 1997, the city has won awards and prizes and has gained international recognition. In 2000, Maracás was one of the finalists of the Dubai Award for Best Practices in Local Development.
This was one of the decisions taken at the 2nd World Coffee Conference, which took place in Salvador, in the state of Bahia, last weekend. Launching new products and holding institutional campaigns are amongst the possible actions.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Around 1,000 people, including foreigners and Brazilians, are going to participate as from Friday in the Second World Coffee Conference. The meeting will end on Sunday at Pestana Bahia Hotel, in Salvador, the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo. On Friday night the Product and Service
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazil earned US$ 2.1 billion with beef exports from January to August this year. The value represents an increase by 32.7% over the same period last year. The increase was driven mainly by the sales good performance to some markets. Algeria, for example, purchased US$ 69 million worth of
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – In a visit to the government of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, today (12) the chairman of the meat packing plant Friboi, José Batista Júnior, showed to be interested in opening a slaughterhouse in the state. Since the beginning of 2003 were inaugurated in the
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian 2004/2005 grains production is of 113.5 million tonnes. The volume is 4.7% smaller than in the 2003/2004 harvest, of 119.1 million tonnes, according to announcement made by the National Supply Company (Conab). The planted area, on the other hand, increased by 2.8%, going from 47.42 million hectares to
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – A group of technicians from the Department of Agriculture of the United States has agreed to the sanitation conditions of the mango produced in Bahia, state in the Northeast region of Brazil. This means exports from the region to the country are likely to continue. Nine technicians made surveillance
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Brazilian revenues with coffee exports increased by 47.4% in August in relation to the same month last year. In the accumulated figures from January to August, there was an increase in 58.7% in the volume exported in relation to the same months in 2004. The information is from the
The value is 16% greater than that registered in the same month in 2004 and is the best monthly result in 2005. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the performance was influenced mainly by the shipments of soy, meats, sugar, alcohol and coffee.
The forecast by the National Food Supply Company for the 2005/2006 crop indicates an increase of 5.7% on the previous harvest. Also alcohol and sugar exports, products made from sugar cane, should increase.
