Brazil: RS launches the second edition of Duas Safras to expand agricultural production by 40%

Published Apr 22, 2022

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The Duas Safras Program, a joint initiative by the Federation of Agriculture of Rio Grande do Sul (Farsul) and other partners, aims to boost the state's agricultural production by 40%, which is expected to contribute around 7% to the State's GDP or R$ 31.9 billion. The program encourages the cultivation of wheat, triticale, barley, rye, canola, and oats in winter, an alternative to corn for poultry and swine feed. Currently, the winter crop only accounts for 9% of the summer crop's size, and the scarcity of corn is limiting the expansion of herds and slaughter. The program also emphasizes the need to increase corn production through irrigation in the southern half of the state. An agreement is being made to address the obstacles preventing the increase of irrigation in the State, and the program has received full support from the governor.

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Increase the state's agricultural production by 40%, which would mean an impact on the State's GDP of around 7% or approximately R$ 31.9 billion. This is the goal of the second edition of the Duas Safras Program, launched this Wednesday (20/4) by the Federation of Agriculture of Rio Grande do Sul (Farsul) in partnership with Senar-RS, Embrapa, the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA), Fecoagro/RS, Gaucho Poultry Association (Asgav) and Federarroz. ALSO READ: Dry weather forecast calls on alert in the field for the final stretch of the second corn crop Harvesting the soybean crop in Paraná (Photo: Gilson Abreu/AEN) The program was created last year to encourage the increase in the cultivation of wheat, triticale, barley, rye, canola and oats in winter as an alternative to corn in the composition of feed for poultry and swine. According to data from Farsul, 6 to 7 million hectares are occupied with soybeans in the summer and only 1.1 million in the winter with wheat. ...

Source: Agroinforme