The 2013-2014 Agricultural and Livestock Plan (PAP), announced on Tuesday (June 4) in Brasilia by President Dilma Rousseff, reached its highest financial volume ever of R$ 136 billion. The amount is divided into R$ 97.6 billion for costing and marketing financing, and R$ 38.4 billion for investment programs. Credit available under the plan has increased [...]

King Abdullah II of Jordan and the Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Judeh, demonstrated an interest in developing partnerships with Brazil for projects in the Dead Sea and Red Sea, in addition to agreements in the fields of energy, agriculture and health. Indications for such agreements were given during meetings with the Brazilian Minister [...]

Brazil’s role in providing food for the world was highlighted by the German Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Ilse Aigner, during a meeting with Minister Mendes Ribeiro Filho this Monday morning (August 27). “Food security is one of the central problems facing the world today and will certainly become even more important in [...]

The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture reported on July 26 (2012) that funding for agriculture totaled R$ 106.4 billion during the last harvest, between July 2011 and June 2012. The amount is 0.4% higher than for the previous harvest, when financing of R$ 106 billion was released.
Of this total, corporate agriculture received R$ 93.5 billion and [...]

The advance of sustainability in soil management and environmental preservation, the emission of low carbon and the positive indicators of food production, which guarantee security to combat the hunger in the world, were some of the issues discussed during the lecture of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) Mendes Ribeiro Filho. The lecture [...]

Granola, cereal bars and cookies made from products prepared from the biodiversity of the Brazilian savannas, such as baru almonds and babassu, among others, promise to delight palates at Expo West – Natural Products, the most important fair in the United States for the organic and natural products sector. With support from the Ministry of [...]

Brazilian agribusiness related exports reached a new record. With the release of November trade balance numbers of agribusiness this Friday, December 9th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supplies (Mapa) exceeds the goal forecasted to close this year, which was US$ 85 billion. According to the survey, the value accumulated from January to November 2011 [...]

Codexis, Inc. and Raizen Energia S.A. Tuesday announced the signing of a joint development agreement to develop an improved first generation ethanol process with enhanced performance economics. Raizen is Brazil’s largest sugar and ethanol producer.
Under the terms of the agreement, Raizen and Codexis will deploy the Codexis CodeEvolver™ directed evolution technology platform to improve Raizen’s [...]

BP Plc Thursday announced that it has agreed to acquire an additional 3 per cent share of Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Companhia Nacional de Açúcar e Álcool (CNAA) from LDC Bioenergia S.A. for a price of approximately US$25 million.
Following the acquisition in April 2011 of 83 per cent of the shares of CNAA and [...]

Bunge Ltd. (BG) is mulling plans to invest some $2.5 billion to bolster sugar and ethanol production in Brazil over the next five years, reported Bloomberg Tuesday. Bunge is the world’s second- largest sugar trader and may sell bonds to help finance the investments.
Bunge Executive Officer Alberto Weisser, revealed the investment plans Tuesday during a [...]