{"id":293282,"date":"2021-05-25T10:08:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T13:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=293282"},"modified":"2021-05-27T15:04:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:04:07","slug":"brazil-expects-demand-for-buffalos-from-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-expects-demand-for-buffalos-from-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil expects demand for buffalos from UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Following the certificate on live buffalo imports from Brazil approved by the United Arab Emirates, the Brazilian Association of Buffalo Breeders (ABCB, acronym in Portuguese) forecasts an increase in exports. ABCB president Caio Rossato believes the UAE certification \u201ccomes at a good time\u201d, as the opening of this market stimulates the domestic production.<\/p>\n

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Brazil has 1.4 million buffaloes<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rossato projects a large demand for the purchase of living buffaloes both for milk and meat production, and not just from the UAE but from all Arab countries. \u201cAt present, considering herd health issues, Brazil has a great potential to be a major buffalo exporter,\u201d the ABCB\u2019s president says.<\/p>\n

A researcher at the East Amazon unit of Brazil\u2019s state-run agricultural research agency Embrapa, Jos\u00e9 Ribamar Marques says the Brazilian herd is \u201cexcellent quality\u201d and believes there\u2019s a great opportunity for selling animals to the Arabs. \u201cThey prefer living animals as they want to slaughter according to their religious precepts,\u201d says Marques, pointing out that, out of the region\u2019s countries, Egypt is the largest buffalo producer.<\/p>\n

The world\u2019s largest living buffalo exporter is India, a country that, for religious reasons, can\u2019t explore their bovine herds, which is also among the world\u2019s largest. On the other hand, the most recent destinations of living buffalo from Brazil, Rosseto says, were the Philippines, Venezuela and Angola.<\/p>\n

Marques says that the Brazilian herds is estimated at 1.4 million animals, and the state of Para concentrates 45% of the production, a figure that goes up to 65% when the livestock of Amazonas and Amap\u00e1 are included. Rio Grande do Sul and S\u00e3o Paulo are major producers, too, but there\u2019re buffalo herds across all Brazilian regions.<\/p>\n

Stable herd<\/strong><\/p>\n

The herd remains stable, Marques says, because around six years ago Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia imported approximately 15-20% of the female buffalos to produce their own herds. This purchase from the Latin American neighbors affected the expansion of the Brazilian herd.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen females are exported, it takes some time to resume expansion,\u201d he says. The researcher believes that there\u2019s a great potential for producing and exporting living buffaloes in the next years as there\u2019s a large demand for the consumption of buffalo meat in Brazil, so there\u2019re opportunities for increasing production for the domestic consumer and exports. \u201cBuffalo farming is the most promising alternative livestock for export,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Four breeds are raised in Brazil: Murrah and Jafarabadi from India, Carabao from Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam, and Mediterraneam buffalo from Italy.<\/p>\n

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