4. Agribusiness
LAND USE IN BRAZIL
204
24%
Conservation
Units and ILs
135
16%
Permanent
Protected Areas
214
25%
Other Native
Vegetation
198
23%
Pastures
60
7%
Crop Land
9.5
1%
Sugarcane
4.5
0,5%
Sugarcane
FOR ETHANOL
Over 60% of the Brazilian
area remain untouched
225 M ha of
protected Indian
lands and National
Parks.
35mi
To be released for
crops
6. Agribusiness
Brazilian Production and Exports
Source: Valor Setorial Agronegócio, 2014
Sugar Coffee Soybean Beef Meat
Broiler Corn Pork Cotton
Brazil % in World
Porduction
Brazil % in World
Export
Brazil Ranking in
World Porduction
Brazil Ranking in
World Export
8. Agribusiness
Source: Valor Setorial Agronegócio, 2014
Brazilian
Harvest
In million MT
Em US$ bilhões
Brasil
Agronegócio
and main STATES
producers
Em % da safra
TOTAL
193,6
(100%)
9. Agribusiness
Ag-Calendar – Three Crops
North
Northeast
Midwest
Southeast
South
North
Northeast
Midwest
Southeast
South
Midwest
Southeast
South
31. Agribusiness
% of Input financing for Soybeans in the regions South and Midwest, season
2009/2010
Source: Silva, 2012.
Finance Channels of Input Financing
Commercial
Banks
Credit
Cooperatives
Input
Suppliers
Trading Co.,
Processors,
Exporters
Own Cash
Flow
32. Agribusiness
Brazilian Agribusiness Case
Potential of livestock in the Southeast and Mid-West of Brazil*
Brazilian cattle
heard by region
in million heads
- 2013
* Prepared by Aliomar Gabriel da Silva
35. Agribusiness
Opportunities for Collaboration:
UK Brazil
• Milk and beef producers need high quality inputs
• High quality input availibility demands:
– Proper machinery
– High quality cattle feed ration
– Correction and fertilization of the soil
– Control of weeds, insects and pests
– Animal health products
Objective: transform traditional farms into sustainable
businesses, viable altogether in economic, social and
environmental dimensions
• Brazil, as a great food exporter, presents a significant
business opportunity for UK providers of technology in
Agribusiness