Brazil: São Paulo expands sugarcane productivity with technology, research and favorable climate

Sugarcane is among the 17 of the 29 main agricultural crops in São Paulo that will increase productivity compared to last year, according to the most recent forecast by the Institute of Agricultural Economics of São Paulo (IEA), an agency of the State Government. With more technology and state-of-the-art research, state agribusiness is producing more per cultivated hectare, which also reduces costs in the field. São Paulo leads sugar and alcohol production in Brazil, which is the world's largest producer. In the first seven months of 2023, the sector leads exports in agro in São Paulo, reaching US$ 4.85 billion – sugar represented 87% of the total. The growth was US$ 1.07 billion compared to the same period, when exports reached US$ 3.78 billion. The most profitable crop in terms of value exported by agro in São Paulo, sugarcane has increased by 2.2% in production so far in the 2023/2024 harvest. If last year the harvested average was 76.8 tons of sugarcane per hectare, sugarcane ...