Publication: Enhancing Brazil’s Agriculture Support: Policies for a Competitive, Green, and Inclusive Agrifood Sector
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The agrifood sector in Brazil contributes significantly to the country’s economy. Despite its crucial role in the Brazilian economy, the agrifood sector faces significant challenges. This report analyzes agrifood public support policies in Brazil, considering the sector’s potential and the challenges that need to be addressed to make it more inclusive, sustainable, resilient, and competitive. The report examines the impact of agrifood public support on food prices, long-term productivity, climate change adaptation and mitigation, infrastructure, and rural development in Brazil. This report also analyses agrifood public support policies at the subnational level for three Brazilian States, Bahia, Santa Catarina and São Paulo, to capture diverse productive and socioeconomic contexts.
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“Paviot, M.; Peña, H.; del Grossi, Mauro; Mora López, E.; Tejeda, M. F.; Traverso, V.; Garcia Ferreira, B. M.; Leite, L.. 2025. Enhancing Brazil’s Agriculture Support: Policies for a Competitive, Green, and Inclusive Agrifood Sector. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/43067 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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