Lack of rain makes basic food more expensive in Brazil, which has already risen 15% in 12 months

At the same time that the country is under threat of new energy rationing with the water crisis, agribusiness is beginning to feel the effects of the lack of rain in the country. In the fastest growing sector in the country, irrigated agriculture, that in which water is applied directly to the roots of plants and more present in the production of food for the domestic market, already coexists with rising costs and crop failure. Lack of rain it may put a brake on new business and is one more pressure on food prices, which accumulated a 15.27% increase in the last 12 months until July. According to the National Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA), increases have already been observed in around 30% in the cost of irrigation in several states. Agribusiness representatives in southern Brazil also estimate losses of up to 50% in the production of the most famous pair of Brazilian dishes: rice and beans. in the so-called rainfed agriculture (in which irrigation can ...