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Brazil is in talks for $2 billion in funding to boost crop land

(VAN) Brazil is in talks with international investors to get 10 billion reais ($2billion) in funding before the end of the year as the agriculture powerhouse works to recover degraded pastureland to boost crop acreage.
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A farmer looks over corn during a harvest at a farm in Correntina, Brazil.

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The plan is to use the money to establish loans for farmers starting in 2024, Roberto Perosa, secretary of commerce and international relations at the nation’s agriculture ministry, said in an interview on the sidelines of an industry conference in Sao Paulo. The ongoing negotiations for funding include talks with sovereign funds, as well as other government-controlled entities in Asia and the Middle East, he said.

Brazil’s 10-year goal of recovering 40 million hectares (about 99 million acres) of degraded pasture, or lands once used for grazing that are no longer productive, is part of the country’s plan to continue expanding its production of crops like corn and soybeans while curbing deforestation of the Amazon. Europe recently banned imports on crop products that come from deforested area.

The ministry recently said Saudi Arabia’s state-owned fund Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co. was among parties interested in contributing funding.

According to Perosa, the Brazilian government is seeking resources that producers’ could borrow at interest rates lower than traditional credit lines. More than 200,000 potential properties that could benefit from financing have already been mapped. Banco do Brasil could participate, structuring the loans to producers, he said.

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