Brazil Agribusiness Projections: 2010/2011 to 2020/2021

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Introduction

This Report is an update and review of the study Projections of the Agribusiness -Brazil 2009/10 to 2019/20, Brasília – DF, June 2010, published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply. As the prospective view is not static, periodic reviews are necessary due to the internal and external environment. For this reason, institutions which work with the long term view have the concern to update systematically their projections. The projections of this report were prepared in January 2011.

The world goes through a period of great apprehension, particularly after the outbreak of the financial crisis in the United States, in September 2008. The links of the productive chains of the agribusiness must review frequently their planning for the most adequate decision-making possible.

The work has as objective to indicate possible directions of the development and provide subsidies to the public policy makers in relation to the trends of the main products of the agribusiness. The results seek, also, to fulfill a great number of users from the several different sectors of the national and international economy to whom the announced information is of great importance. The indicated trends will allow the identification of possible itineraries, as well as to structure future views of the agribusiness within the world context so that the country continues growing and conquering new markets.

Projections of the Agribusiness – Brazil 2010/11 to 2020/21, is a prospective view of the sector, base for the strategic planning of MAPA – Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply. Reports from Brazilian and International organizations were consulted for its elaborations, some of them based on projections models of projections.