FARMER TRAINING A closer look at four of SENAR’sflagship training programmes Special programme ABC Cerrado Together with the agriculture ministry (MAPA) and Brazil’s agriculture research centre (Embrapa), Senar has developed the ABC Cerrado project to disseminate low-carbon farming practices and incentivise farmers and rural producers to invest in environmental preservation in the Cerrado, while receiving […]
The sustainable growth of Brazilian agriculture is a key driver of the social and economic development of the country that has lifted 40m people into the middle class in the past 10 years and ensuring that the population has access to quality, reasonably-priced food. Indeed, food household consumption was the category that saw the single […]
Brazil is a world leader in developing and promoting sustainable farming practices across its agricultural sector. A major focus of Brazil’s approach to sustainable farming has been to do more with what we have, which we are achieving through the sustainable increase of productivity and yields, the regeneration and restoration of degraded pastures, and the […]
Animal welfare, quality, and traceability are the basis of Brazilian livestock farming. These values are essential to the country’s economy and to the reliability of our meat, which is known worldwide. Brazil is currently one of the world’s leading exporters of meat products, and the biggest exporter of poultry and beef. We strictly apply the […]
Brazil has developed a unique concept of tropical agriculture. Forty-plus years of investment in research and development (R&D) led us to significant scientific and technological breakthroughs that allowed Brazilian farmers to produce food in harmony with local tropical conditions. Brazil is also a country with abundant natural resources of land, sunshine, and water; nevertheless, over […]
Welcome to Brazilian Farmers, a full English-language resource centre that for the first time provides unique access to the world of Brazilian farming to our colleagues and collaborators around the world! This one-stop portal is a reflection and manifestation of the Brazilian agricultural sector’s spirit of engagement with its global partners and the conversations it […]
The International Cooperation Portfolio of the CNA-SENAR-ICNA system, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, offers solutions in technical and managerial assistance, professional and technical training, as well as the promotion of gender equality and quality of life in rural areas. Other languages are available here.
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Brazilian agriculture has a new and powerful tool: the Rural Environmental Registry System (SiCAR in Portuguese). SiCAR is an electronic registry for farms that was created by the Brazilian Forest Service of Ministry of the Environment. According to the Brazilian Forest Code, in the Amazon biome, for instance, 80% of the farmland should be preserved. […]
There are countries in all continents that need to import vegetable and animal food. Every year, the growth of the population, the middle class and income, especially in Asian countries, elevates the demand for diversified high-quality food, such as proteins from animal origin. Brazil’s grain production is enough to feed four times its population, or […]
