{"id":369448,"date":"2024-06-27T17:36:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T20:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=369448"},"modified":"2024-06-27T17:36:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T20:36:17","slug":"brazil-agribusiness-where-we-are-headed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-agribusiness-where-we-are-headed\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil agribusiness: Where we are headed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Increased production of sustainable plant-based biofuels, spreading the use of geotechnology in crop management, stepping up animal health initiatives. These are some of the paths Brazilian agribusiness have followed, showing that the world\u2019s largest exporter of soybean, maize, coffee, sugar, orange juice, beef and chicken works hard to be at the forefront of the new major trends in the sector and to cater to global needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks held at the Global Agribusiness Festival (GAFFFF<\/a>), which is taking place at the Allianz Parque in S\u00e3o Paulo show where the leading efforts of Brazilian agribusiness are headed. \u201cGlobally, the Brazilian model is being an example of how to quickly solve major challenges. Biofuel is the most efficient way to affordably fight climate change in a large scale,\u201d Guilherme Nastari, director at agriculture consultancy Datagro, which helds GAFFF alongside Brazilian brokerage XP, told ANBA.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Discussions: Sustainability, technology, health and others<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Biofuels were on the agenda of the festival as part of a larger solution for a world that requires less transport emissions. The Brazilian biodiesel output, for example, is the world\u2019s third largest, made of 80% soy and 20% other products like animal fats, which otherwise would be polluters, according to Francisco Turra, chairman of the board at producers association Aprobio and former agriculture minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClimate change came for real, and Brazil is the antidote,\u201d Turra told the audience. \u201cA leading carbon emitter is fossil fuel, which will have to be substituted \u2013 there\u2019s no other way,\u201d he argued. According to his presentation, the biofuel market is expected to grow five-fold by 2050, with half of the global production coming from Asia, Brazil, and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Audience watching the lectures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Brazil is already the world\u2019s second leading producer of sugarcane-based ethanol and is on the track to become a giant in corn ethanol. According to Guilherme Nolasco, the executive president of the National Corn Ethanol Union (UNEM), corn already accounts for 20% of Brazil\u2019s ethanol production. He argues that ethanol adds value to corn and liberates sugarcane to be used as an input to sugar, thus contributing to this global market. Brazil uses ethanol both as an individual fuel and blended into gasoline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks at GAFFFF also show how Brazil works deftly in animal health. State University of S\u00e3o Paulo (Unesp) Professor Iveraldo Dutra presented the One Health system, a global model used in Brazil that integrates human, animal, plant and environmental health. In the case of agribusiness, agriculture defense makes its actions based on this. \u201cWe have an extraordinary livestock, an extraordinary poultry production, and a world-reference agricultural defense.<\/p>\n\n\n

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XP: Festival also featured exhibitors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

According to him, animal diseases accounted for over 20% of global losses in meats, milk and eggs. In such context, Professor Dutra called for a food health security based on the One Health concept as a way to reduce hunger and poverty and fight food insecurity in a world whose population is rapidly growing. According to his presentation, each human living until 72 years consumes eight oxen, 570 chickens, 10,00 eggs and 9,000 liters of milk, among other foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks at GAFFFF also showcased the gains in efficiency that agribusiness has achieved by using new technologies. Tech-savvy agribusiness entrepreneurs presented agtech established to collaborate with the Brazilian agricultural production and even accelerate it. One of them was Rafael Coelho, a son of farmers and cofounder of Sette and CEO of A de Agro. Sette does crop monitoring with satellite image to help in the relationship between farmers and banks. It\u2019s a technology company focused on credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agribusiness for the world<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most speakers presented the Brazilian agribusiness as a crucial sector for both domestic and global consumption. \u201cThere can be no borders for foods. Brazil can be proud of having plenty of food and contribute to the world\u2019s food security,\u201d said Ricardo Santin, president of industry lobby ABPA.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Carvalho and Mizuta: Presence of the Arab-Brazilian Chamber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Guilherme Nastari told ANBA that the Brazilian agribusiness is at its peak of domestic and international recognition. \u201cThe city now understand the chain value and the economic relevance of the farms to Brazil, and a major example is this event here, in the country\u2019s economic capital.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more:<\/em>
Agribusiness festival aims to gather 25,000 people<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival gathers discussions, business fair, gastronomy, and entertainment at the Allianz Parque football stadium. The Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> is a supporter and was represented in the first day of the event by its new business director Estev\u00e3o Margotti de Carvalho alongside the head of international consultancy and CCAB Lab, Karen Mizuta.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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