Small farmers dominate seasoning production in Brazil

Did you know that in addition to seasoning, garlic will also strengthen your vitamin C and have anti-inflammatory action? It has medicinal properties, as well as other condiments, which can also be used in shampoo and makeup. Where it comes from: G1 series shows origin of food Dominated by small producers, the seasoning sector is promising, with an increase of more than 14% of the value in exports compared to 2019 and 2020, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture that add up tea, mate and spices. But still, he suffers from a lack of data on his production and consumption. This happens exactly because it has a small farmers' cultivation, mostly, making monitoring difficult, as well as being a very informal chain, which ends up not moving as much money as other crops, such as potatoes or tomatoes, explains Lenita Haber, an analyst at Technology Transfer of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa). Family farming is responsible for two thirds of the ...