Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazil is already the fourth world producer of genetically modified (GM) crops, with around 3 million hectares, of transgenic soy. The United States continue leading the rank, with 42.8 million hectares, followed by Argentina (13.9 million hectares), Canada (4.4 million hectares), Brazil, and China (2.8 million hectares). According to the "Global
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Apart from this, in the evaluation of Guilherme Braga, managing director of the Cecafé, shipped volumes should continue dropping, as is the trend. The soluble coffee sector, on the other hand, forecasts increases both in revenues and in shipped volume.
Last year, sector sales rose 23.3% in contrast to 2002. The agribusiness trade balance has also shown a record: US$ 25.848 billion. The result makes agribusiness responsible for the entire US$ 24.824 billion global trade balance surplus in the country, as the remaining sectors have presented a deficit of US$ 1 billion in the period.
Agência Brasil Brasília – In the last five years, farm bread shrimp export has risen greatly in Brazil. It has risen from 37,800 tons, in 2002, to 62,000, in 2003. The Northeast is the largest producer of shrimp. The region concentrates 97% of domestic production. Apart from the increase in export, production has generated 50,000
In a meeting with representatives in the sector, agriculture minister Roberto Rodrigues established four work groups to present suggestions for action by Thursday. The idea is to increase Brazilian cattle beef export as many countries have stopped buying from the United States due to mad cow disease.
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Flower production is expected to give the economy of the state of Rio a boost in 2004, creating 1,800 jobs, many of them on family farms. According to state authorities, some R$3 million will be invested in 150 projects as part of the Florescer program. The Florescer program will
Arabian horses, bred on Brazilian farms, are exported to countries in Latin America, Europe, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates.
According to the producer and exporter association, the value has reached US$ 512.4 million in the period between January and November. In the whole of last year this total was US$ 481 million. The sector, however, is worried with the Russian decision to establish import quotas and has requested that the government provide incentives for foreign sale. Russia is the main market for the Brazilian product.
The Brazilian coffee stand at the Brazilian Week & Trade Exhibition in Dubai was one of the most visited. The representative of PSI-Café, the São Paulo Coffee Industry Union (Sindicafé-SP) export program guaranteed that never before had he been so well received at an international fair.
