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Pará, Brazil had record cassava crop in 2021

Soybean
Brazil
Published Jan 14, 2022

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The cassava crop in Pará in 2021 showed record numbers and consolidated the state as the largest Brazilian producer, with 22% of all production. The increase from 3.81 million to about 4.06 million tons, although very positive, still has a low yield (quantity produced per hectare): just over 14 tons per hectare, ranking 16th in this respect. place in the ranking of the 27 federation units.

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Also according to data from the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released this Tuesday (12), by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the Pará crop as a whole had an increase in production compared to the previous year, from 2.84 to 3.53 million tons. “Really a very big surprise, the numbers that we are closing 2021, but the main thing to say, that in a very difficult year, agribusiness has overcome itself, is something that has to be highlighted by society. Rural producers in Pará, not only in the State, but in Brazil, had an impressive attitude, produced more and left us with the market supplied, at a time when food security is fundamental”, declared the zootechnician and director of the Federation of Agriculture and Livestock of Pará (Faepa), Guilherme Minssen. In grains, soybeans continue to be highlighted, with a 20% growth in production – from 1.86 to 2.23 million tons. This leap guaranteed the state's second largest production in ...
Source: Abam
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