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“Despite this year's climate problems, such as the lack of rain and frost, the VBP is a historical record over a period of 32 years”, analyzes José Garcia Gasques, coordinator of Policy Assessment and Information at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply.
Corn had its production loss compensated by product prices, which increased by 26.1% in real value. The products with the highest growth in VBP were rice, with a real growth of 4.7%; sugar cane 3.9%; corn 11.8%, soybeans 28.7%; wheat 41.8%; beef 7.3%, and chicken meat 7.5%. For this group of products, which represents 78% of the VBP, prices were decisive in obtaining these results.
Several crops were damaged by the climate effects, but the most affected was corn. According to IBGE, the drop in production was 11.6 million tons, and according to Conab, 16 million tons. These reductions combine the impacts of lack of rain and the occurrence of frosts mainly in the south of the country. Other crops, such as cotton and beans, were also affected by these events: beans had a reduction in productivity of 8%, and second-rate corn harvest, 25.7%.
A group of products has shown revenues below those obtained in 2020, such as cotton, peanuts, bananas, potatoes, cocoa, coffee, beans, oranges, cassava, tomatoes and grapes. In livestock farming, according to the research, products such as pigs, eggs and milk were related to a reduction in VBP. “We can associate this negative performance with lower prices, or smaller quantities, or even a combination of these two factors”, explains the research coordinator.
In production by states, the highlight goes to Bahia, which has a good performance in cotton and soybean production; Minas Gerais, in corn, soybeans, chicken meat and beef; Paraná with contributions in wheat and soybeans.
By: Eliza Maliszewski | agrolink
