Africa-Press – Angola. The Brazilian harvest of grains, cereals and legumes is expected to total 308.5 million tons in 2024, a forecast that represents a decline of 2.8 percent compared to this year’s harvest, which is expected to reach record values.
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the drop in production is mainly due to climatic factors that are already affecting, mainly, the planting of soybeans, whose forecast for 2024 is a drop of 1.3 and of corn (5.6 percent less).
The body responsible for Brazilian Government statistics explained that excessive rainfall in the South and dry weather in the North is delaying planting in some states, which could delay the harvest and, consequently, the planting of the second crop.
“We have important reductions in forecasts for soybeans, which, despite the drop of 1.3 percent, will still have a very good harvest, of 149.8 million tons, and for corn, of 124.3 million tons, falling 5.6 percent after achieving a record harvest in 2023”, said IBGE Agriculture Manager, Carlos Alfredo Guedes.
The only production growth forecast for 2024 is that of rice (in paddy). The IBGE estimate points to a production of 10.5 million tons, a growth of 2.5 percent, with a 4.5 percent increase in the area to be harvested.
The agricultural sector, one of the engines of Brazil’s economy, expects to harvest a record 317.3 million tons of grains in 2023, according to the latest estimate released by IBGE in October.
If confirmed, this year’s harvest will be 20.6 percent higher compared to the 2022 harvest (263.2 million tons), a year that was already a record.
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