Brazil: Emater/RS publishes data on fruit and vegetable growing in Rio Grande do Sul

Emater/RS completed surveys of fruit farming and commercial horticulture in RS (2023). The data was collected and recorded by teams in the 497 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul between March and May this year. Claudinei Balsissera, technical director of Emater/RS, explains that both fruit and vegetable farming play a strategic role in food supply, security and sovereignty. And the added value per hectare shows that both sectors are intensive in the use of labor and income generation per hectare (R$ 47.4 thousand in fruit growing; and R$ 85.757 thousand in horticulture). According to the Survey, 36 fruit species are cultivated in a total area of 133,273 hectares, involving 47,369 Productive Units (UPs) and generating a production of 2,653,401 tons. This represents an estimated value of approximately R$7.5 billion. In relation to the last census (2020), there was a 16.1% increase in production (367,953 tons - t). The industry grape, with 863,391 tons, produced by 13,311 UPs, in an ...