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Sustainable agricultural practices

04/05/2023 Go to Evidence

17.4 million hectares in Brazil apply integrated crop-livestock-forest systems, capturing 21.8 million tons of CO2, exceeding the NDC targets for 2020 by 21% (World Bank, 2023).

Banco Mundial, 2023

World Bank Group. 2023. Brazil Country Climate and Development Report https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39782

ABC+ Plan

04/05/2023 Go to Evidence

48% is the potential reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil by 2030 if the ABC+ Plan is fully implemented compared to a business-as-usual scenario (World Bank, 2023).

Banco Mundial, 2023

World Bank Group. 2023. Brazil Country Climate and Development Report. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1678-informe-sobre-el-clima-y-el-desarrollo-del-pais-en-brasil https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39782

Agricultural technical assistance

04/05/2023 Go to Evidence

1 of public investment in training and technical assistance can generate $8 in private investment by farmers in improved agricultural and restoration practices (World Bank, 2023).

Banco Mundial, 2023

World Bank Group. 2023. Brazil Country Climate and Development Report. https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1678-informe-sobre-el-clima-y-el-desarrollo-del-pais-en-brasil https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39782

Biofuels

11/04/2023 Go to Evidence

25% of transportation fuels in Brazil are biofuels, mainly ethanol based on sugar cane (IFPRI, 2023).

25% de los combustibles para transporte en Brasil son biocombustibles, principalmente etanol basado en caña de azúcar. (IFPRI, 2023)

IFPRI.2023. Food versus Fuel v2.0: Biofuel policies and the current food crisis. Blog

Agribusiness

15/03/2022 Go to Evidence

26.7% of Brazil's GDP accounted for agribusiness in 2020, while agricultural production alone reached 7% (Cruz et al., 2022).

En 2020, la agroindustria en su conjunto (incluidos suministros, industria, servicios y producción agrícola) representó el 26,7% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) de Brasil, mientras que la producción agrícola por sí sola (sector primario de la producción en el campo) representó alrededor del 7%. del PIB, (Cruz. et al, 2022)

Cruz. et al, 2022. Brazil’s Agribusiness Economic Miracle: Exploring Food Supply Chain Transformations for Promoting Win–Win Investments

Country: Brazil

Agricultural establishments

10/12/2021 Go to Evidence

76.8% of farms in Brazil are family farms, occupying 23% of the total area (Soares et al., 2021).

(Soares et al., 2021)

Soares, P.; Martinelli, S.S.; Davó-Blanes, M.C.; Fabri, R.K.; Clemente-Gómez, V.; Cavalli, S.B. (2021). Government Policy for the Procurement of Food from Local Family Farming in Brazilian Public Institutions. Foods 2021, 10(7), 1604.

Organic registers

30/08/2021 Go to Evidence

43% represented the average annual growth of new organic producers registered in Bahia between 2015 and 2017 (Sanchez et al., 2021).

El 43% representó el crecimiento promedio anual de nuevos productores orgánicos registrados en Bahía entre 2015 y 2017 (Sanchez et al., 2021).

Sanchez, A. R. N., Cruz, T. V., Narezi, G., & Crepaldi, M. O. S. (2021). Organic production in the state of Bahia, Brazil: a spatio-temporal analysis of registrations and certification bodies (2014-2020). Sociedade & Natureza, 33, e60426. DOI: 10.14393/SN-v33-2021-60426