{"id":359107,"date":"2023-12-10T19:35:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T22:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/brazil-to-be-worlds-largest-food-producer-by-2035-cna\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T17:08:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:08:51","slug":"brazil-to-be-worlds-largest-food-producer-by-2035-cna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-to-be-worlds-largest-food-producer-by-2035-cna\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil to be world\u2019s largest food producer by 2035: CNA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai \u2013 \u201cBrazil will be the largest food producer in the world by 2035,\u201d said the second vice-president of the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA), Gede\u00e3o Pereira, on the Food and Agriculture Day at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. Pereira, president of the Agriculture Federation of Rio Grande do Sul (FARSUL), spoke to ANBA about the panel that addressed the challenges of balancing food and energy security with climate security.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the history of humanity, there has never been agricultural growth of this magnitude, where in 26 years a country went from being an importer to the world\u2019s biggest exporter, and in a few years, Brazil will be the largest producer,\u201d he declared. He recalled that the CNA has branch offices in Dubai, Shanghai, and Singapore to promote Brazilian products such as fruits, nuts, and specialty coffees.<\/p>\n

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Panels on agribusiness and energy transition were held at CNA\u2019s space at COP28<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pereira stated that, among the different types of renewable energy discussed, Brazil has the cleanest energy in the world, with hydroelectric power and significant investments in wind and photovoltaics, in addition to the biofuel ethanol from sugar cane and, now, investments in corn ethanol.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have this massive agriculture using only 22% of the national territory. Brazilian agriculture uses the best technologies available today because if it manages to be one of the world\u2019s agricultural industry leaders using 22% of the territory, it is not destroying the Amazon \u2013 there are other causes, like illegal mining and logging. So we see agriculture as very environmentally balanced,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

Pereira said the Amazon is not sustainable, except environmentally. \u201cWhat is sustainability? A tripod \u2013 economic, social and environmental. The economic and social aspects are lacking. We have to find a way to develop the people living in the Amazon. I cannot abide having 30 million poor people in the Amazon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

And how could this be done? \u201cOur forest laws say that one can deforest a part, for example, while maintaining 80%. They have to follow that. We don\u2019t accept the illegal, but the legal, because people have to live, do fair livestock farming, good agriculture, develop humanly, and not be marginalized,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

Oil exploration in the Amazon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pereira believes exploring the oil and gas reserves in the Amazon is necessary. \u201cWe have to explore because if you have a country with several energy sources, oil is one of them, and humanity still cannot give up the use of oil because it does not have technology that can replace it at all levels. It\u2019s wealth,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat fuel will we use in the tractors to produce the food?\u201d he asked, saying that today, all agricultural machinery in Brazil and the world is powered by diesel. \u201cAnd now, part of it is powered by biodiesel, which is 10% soybean oil. Ethanol is not produced enough,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

FAO roadmap<\/strong><\/p>\n

During Food and Agriculture Day at COP28, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a roadmap<\/em> that aims to align food systems with the goals of containing global warming to 1.5\u00b0C and eradicating hunger. Food systems contribute to a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, while climate change has pushed 122 million more people into hunger since 2019.<\/p>\n

According to climate analysts, the FAO roadmap<\/a> is a crucial first step. It establishes goals and deadlines for ten issues, including climate change, biodiversity, healthy diets, and sustainable production.<\/p>\n

However, the roadmap has also been criticized for being insufficient. Experts point out that it does not pay due attention to nature, does not indicate significant reductions in meat and dairy consumption in rich countries, nor addresses power inequalities in the food system.<\/p>\n

Translated by El\u00fasio Brasileiro<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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