With intensive cultivation and use of irrigation, Brazilian cotton can reach leadership in exports

게시됨 2023년 8월 16일

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During the II Symposium on Intensive Production, Adão Hoffmann, the executive director of Ampasul, stated that Brazil has the potential to surpass the US in cotton exports by utilizing irrigation to strengthen its second crop of cotton, particularly in Mato Grosso do Sul. Hoffmann emphasized the importance of irrigation in regions with variable climates to maintain the quality and quantity of the harvest, as well as to ensure long-term sustainability and efficient water resource management. The symposium also discussed innovative practices like rainwater harvesting and the creation of dams to increase cotton production productivity and resilience.

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Porto Alegre, August 16, 2023 – The executive director of Ampasul – Associação Sul-Mato-Grossense de Produtores de Algodão, Adão Hoffmann, representing Abrapa, spoke this Tuesday (15), during the II Symposium on Intensive Production, which takes place in Campo Grande (MS). According to him, Brazil, which currently ranks second in cotton exports, will manage to overtake the US when it makes greater use of irrigation in the production system, which will provide a stronger second crop of cotton, mainly in MS. “If we introduce irrigation, keeping soybeans as the first crop and flagship of the property, we can grow cotton more safely”, explains Hoffmann. Despite the higher volume in the second harvest, the number is driven by the state of Mato Grosso, since 87% of its production is concentrated in the second harvest. Mato Grosso do Sul, for example, only produces 6% of its cotton during the second cycle, São Paulo is 11%, Minas Gerais 20%, Maranhão 21% and Goiás 23%. States like Piauí ...

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