Brazil can increase grain planting by 5% a year without deforesting, says minister

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The Brazilian government believes that it is possible to increase the area planted with grains by 5% each harvest for several years without deforestation, said the Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Favaro, on Tuesday.

In an interview with Reuters, Favaro said that this would occur within a new government plan to encourage the expansion of planted area using millions of hectares of degraded pastures, which can be converted into crops. For this, the government will offer credit with adequate interest rates.

This would allow an important increase in the production of grains and oilseeds in Brazil, which today plants about 77 million hectares.

 

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