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Brazil that Grows

Agribusiness and the Countryside

what feeds Brazil and the world, and sustains jobs from the farm to the city

Proposes expanding rural insurance (Seguro Rural) and crop storage, supporting domestic fertilizer production, titling small rural properties, expanding irrigation and broadening payment for environmental services.

In the program: [p. 53, 54, 55] · Translated by Flaviopédia from the official Portuguese text; the Portuguese quote is authoritative. Read the original in Portuguese

What the program says

Brazilian agribusiness is the guarantee of our food security: it is what feeds the country and a good part of the world. To keep fulfilling that role, it needs predictability to produce. We will expand Seguro Rural (rural insurance) and bring in tools for securitizing and reorganizing the sector’s debts, giving producers the horizon of more than one year that they need to plan. We will expand crop storage capacity, to secure better prices for producers and a continuous supply for the population, and seek effective diplomatic solutions against sanctions by the United States, China and Europe on Brazilian products. Food security also means not depending on other countries to produce. Brazil imports most of the fertilizers it uses, and this dependence weakens producers and pushes up the price of food. We will support domestic fertilizer production, drawing on the mineral reserves the country has, such as potassium and phosphate, so that Brazilian agriculture produces with more autonomy and Brazilians’ tables are better protected. Land also needs a clear owner, and we have already proven that we know how to deliver that. Under the Bolsonaro government, more than 450,000 title documents for rural properties were issued, more than in the previous ten years combined. We will resume that pace and promote broad regularization and titling for small rural landowners, so that those who work the land have the document that proves it is theirs, can access credit and invest with confidence. And we will bring solid, irreversible legal certainty, with no room for relativizing the right to property, because no one plants and invests in what they fear losing. The countryside also needs people to work. In many regions there is a shortage of farm labor, especially at harvest time, while millions of Brazilians are looking for an opportunity for work and income. We will bring the two ends together, with training and job matching that connect those looking for work with those who need workers in the countryside. And we will give security to those who depend on a social program so that they can accept this work without fear: anyone who gets a job, even a temporary one, will be able to return to the benefit if they need to, as detailed in Brazil that Prospers. In this way, work in the countryside stops being a risk for the family and becomes a path to income and dignity. In irrigation, we will significantly expand the country’s irrigated area, which today uses only a fraction of its enormous potential, simplify permits, whose average processing time is currently 24 months, develop irrigation hubs in Matopiba (an agricultural frontier region) and in the northeastern semi-arid region, and expand reused water for dry periods. We will also turn the countryside into a source of clean energy. We will implement the sustainable aviation fuel targets set by law starting in 2027, with permanent coordination between the ministries of Agriculture and of Mines and Energy, and link the Plano Safra (the annual crop-financing plan) with incentives for biomass production. We will consolidate the Cadastro Ambiental Rural (rural environmental register) and expand payment for environmental services for conservation and restoration, so that producers who preserve native vegetation and recover degraded areas are recognized as partners in conservation, and not as suspects. [p. 53, 54, 55]

In plain language

  • To give producers predictability, the program proposes expanding Seguro Rural, creating tools for securitizing and reorganizing the sector’s debts and increasing crop storage capacity. It also provides for seeking diplomatic solutions against sanctions by the United States, China and Europe on Brazilian products.
  • The text states that the country imports most of the fertilizers it uses and proposes supporting domestic fertilizer production, drawing on mineral reserves such as potassium and phosphate.
  • It proposes resuming the pace of rural property title issuance cited in the text, of more than 450,000 documents, and promoting regularization and titling for small rural landowners, so that they can access credit. It also promises legal certainty for the right to property, with no room for relativization.
  • According to the text, in many regions there are not enough workers at harvest time. It provides for training and job matching between those looking for work and those who need farm labor, and for people who receive a social benefit and get a job, even a temporary one, to be able to return to the benefit if they need to.
  • It proposes expanding the irrigated area, simplifying permits (with a current average processing time of 24 months, according to the text), creating irrigation hubs in Matopiba and the northeastern semi-arid region and expanding reused water. It provides for implementing the legal sustainable aviation fuel targets from 2027, linking the Plano Safra with incentives for biomass, consolidating the Cadastro Ambiental Rural and expanding payment for environmental services.

What is not in the program

  • It does not give amounts, funding sources or targets for expanding Seguro Rural, storage and the irrigated area.
  • It does not detail how securitization and the reorganization of the sector’s debts would work, nor who would be covered.
  • It does not define what kind of support would be given to domestic fertilizer production.
  • It presents no numerical target or timeline for titling small landowners.
  • It does not say which diplomatic solutions would be sought against the sanctions cited.