Agência Brasil Brasília – Building on understandings reached last year at the Expo Brasil-China, minister Jose Fritsch, head of the Secretariat of Fishing and Aquaculture has met with a delegation from the municipality of Weihai, which produces two million tons of fish a year. That is double total Brazilian fish production. Fritsch says the ties
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From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The 14th edition of the Brazilian Dairy Cattle Exhibition and International Dairy Industry Expo (Expomilk 2005), which is taking place in São Paulo, includes the participation of 100 foreign businessmen, coming mainly from the United States and Canada. According to a spokesperson for the event, the main interest of
Agência Brasil Brasília – For the last five years the producer coffee market has been in a price crisis. New producing countries have appeared and production in general has increased, upsetting the supply-demand balance. To discuss the problem, the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and the International Coffee Organization will sponsor a World Coffee Conference between
After having its death announced in 2003, the fruit has been given a breath of life. Brazilian researchers presented the results of the first phase of the Banana Genome. They have identified over 20 genes that may help in the development of a variety of banana that is more resistant to diseases like the Black Sigatoka, which is killing crops worldwide. Brazil is the second largest banana producer in the world, with 6.6 million tonnes picked last year.
To consolidate traditional markets, such as the United States and Europe, and conquer new markets, such as the Arab countries, the companies invest in technology and training. In the state of Paraná, for example, the National Technology Centre for Wood and Furniture and the Wood Industrial Engineering course at the Paraná Federal University were created.
The shipping to the region generated US$ 1.48 billion in the first half, 15% more than in the first six months of 2004. In the same period, total sector exports grew by 10.2%. Cattle beef and chicken meat, sugar, coffee and soy oil are among the main products in the trade basket.
This information was disclosed yesterday by the executive director at the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association, Antonio Jorge Camardelli. For him, the Arab countries should surpass the European Union as the main importing bloc within two to three years. Currently Egypt, Algeria and Saudi Arabia are already amongst the main buying countries of Brazilian cattle beef.
Despite the drought, which affected mainly the southern region of Brazil, and the appreciation of the Brazilian real against the United States dollar, the shipping generated US$ 20.2 billion, 10.2% more than in the same period last year. The main products exported were soy, cattle beef, sugar and fuel alcohol.
The Libyan government is interested in an irrigation project in Baixio do Irecê, in the São Francisco River Valley, in northeastern Brazil, and has signed an agreement with construction company Norberto Odebrecht to check the possibility of the business. The project involves the construction of 100 kilometres of channels and may result in the generation of 180,000 jobs. There is potential for the sowing of sugarcane, bananas for export, tropical fruit and grapes.
The event took place in the city of Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo. For farmers, the enactment of the Kyoto protocol and the increase of oil prices make it necessary to find alternative fuels, and ethanol is an accessible option.
The period for the USA to end the benefits they give to their exporters ended on July 1st. Based on this, Brazil asked the WTO for authorization to retaliate, but has also given more time for the US government to take the necessary measures to reduce the subsidies.
