Brazil presents investment proposals for pasture recovery

The special advisors of Mapa, Carlos Ernesto Augustin and Pedro Cunto, conducted the presentation. "The program already has R$ 30.2 billion, obtained through Eco Invest Brasil, to finance the first phase and recover up to 3 million hectares of abandoned or low-productive lands," they informed. Of this total, R$ 3.5 billion will be allocated to the Amazon, R$ 3 billion to the Caatinga, R$ 1.2 billion to the Pampa, and R$ 1.1 billion to the Pantanal. At the meeting, held at the Museum of Coffee building, Augustin presented two investment models. One of them is Equity, which provides for the acquisition of rural properties in partnership with Brazilian farmers, with the foreign investor as a minority partner. The resources would be applied in soil restoration and increased production with technology and technical assistance. The other model is Barter, in which the financing is paid with part of the production obtained in the recovered lands. According to Mapa, the Chinese delegation ...