FACT SHEETS

FACT SHEETS 

Brazil’s 2022/23 crop are expected to break a new record in national grain production. Total numbers will add up to over 312.4 million tons of soy, corn, cotton, rice and other products.

• Volume exceeds the recent record – for the previous harvest, which was 270.9 million tons – by 41.5 million tons 
• Soy and corn answer for most of Brazilian production's positive results. Together, they are expected to add up to a total 279.3 million tons
• Corn, rice and bean crops are expected to register an increase in productivity. This means that a greater amount of grain was harvested from the same planted areas
• The estimated increase in productivity for the next Brazilian grain harvest is 12.1%

Brazil’s Crop Plan (Plano Safra) is an important ally in Brazilian production’s exponential growth. Lines of credit are offered to both large rural producers and family farmers across the country.

• Promotion of agricultural production in Brazil, responsible for producing one in five of the world’s plates of food
• Family farmers are responsible for putting food on Brazil’s tables, and are a priority in the Crop Plan – which offers even lower interest rates on credits, at 5% and 6%
• The 2022/2023 Crop Plan made another BRL 340 billion in credits available to rural producers – equivalent to more than USD 60 billion 
• Resources destined for family farming were expanded by 36% when compared to the previous Crop Plan. Investment was BRL 53.6 billion

Sustainably developed, Brazil’s agriculture is part of the solution to face a double challenge: climate change and food security.

With approval from the new Brazilian Forest Code (Código Florestal Brasileiro) in 2012, foundations were laid to ensure the preservation of Brazilian forests. This legislation stipulated that rural properties must allocate between 20% and 80% of their areas to preserving native vegetation, depending on the biome.

As a result, Brazil currently uses only 30% of its territory for agriculture, while maintaining more than 60% of native vegetation. Around 25% of this preserved area is estimated to belong to private properties – something unparalleled by any other countries, since this is land that owners are not paid to preserve. It's simply a legal obligation.

ENERGY

Brazil breaks clean energy production records

The production of clean energy in Brazil is going through a good moment, registering 31 consecutive records in the month of August alone. The producing sources were wind and solar. The Northeast took the lead and set records in both modalities. The energy peaks produced were monitored by the National Electric System Operator (ONS). The Southeast/Midwest supply system also showed an increase in solar energy production.

• Brazil reached a peak of 4,748 MW in instantaneous solar energy, which represents 7.0% of the demand of the National Interconnected System (SIN); and, on August 30, there was an increase in wind energy production, when 17,670 MW of instantaneous generation were registered, representing 23.9% of the energy demand in the SIN;
•   On 08/31/2022, the Northeast reached the best instantaneous result of solar energy generation of 3,428 MW, representing 32.9% of the load in the region. The Northeast region also reached a new average generation record: on 08/30, 1,281 average MW were measured (11.5% of local demand);
• In the Southeast/Mid-West subsystem, peak production of instantaneous solar energy reached 1,421 MW, on August 26, representing 3.6% of the demand of the producing region.

Brazil is fertile ground for the implementation of a hydrogen market

Expanding the clean energy production system is the focus of the National Hydrogen Program (PNH2), launched by the Federal Government. Brazil has great potential to stand out in this market, as more than 80% of its electricity matrix comes from renewable sources. Besides that, the country has a large supply of energy resources that can be used for the production of low-carbon hydrogen, through various technological routes.

Six priority axes of activities are part of the work plan being prepared for the next three years:

•  Industry and competitiveness;
•   Regulation and standards;
•  Energy planning;
•  Science and technology;
• Education; and Training.

From the waters to the skies, Brazil's priority is to spread the use of biofuels

The Fuel of the Future Program aims to increase the use of low-carbon fuels for different modes of transport: road, sea and air.

The expectation is that a market for commercialization of heavy vehicles, such as buses and trucks, suitable for the use of biomethane, a renewable natural gas, produced from urban and agricultural waste, will soon be formed on the national scene.

The development of this market can bring several benefits, such as the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the possibility of reducing the cost of freight, by replacing diesel oil, and the development of the natural gas market, taking this energy source to the interior of the country.