Recomendações para o Plano Safra 2025-2026

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (CPI/PUC-Rio) presents 13 proposals to increase the sustainability of Brazil's 2025/2026 Harvest Plan (Plano Safra). The recommendations focus on aligning rural credit and risk management with climate goals, specifically by restricting credit for deforestation, integrating the Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy, improving pasture recovery monitoring, and expanding credit access for vulnerable small-scale producers.

• The authors propose strengthening restrictions on rural credit for properties involved in illegal deforestation. Specifically, they suggest requiring monitoring throughout the entire credit operation period, expanding restrictions to all rural credit (including those with tax benefits like zero IOF rates), and moving the cutoff date for deforestation restrictions back to July 2008 to align with the Forest Code.
• The brief argues that subsidized rural credit should be prohibited for any property with deforestation, whether legal or illegal. This is based on the premise that public resources should prioritize producers who do not deforest and that existing deforested, underutilized lands are sufficient for production expansion without further removing native vegetation.
• To incentivize sustainable farming, the document recommends defining sustainable practices aligned with the Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy (expected mid-2025). It suggests that technical assistance for adopting these practices should be treated as an enabling activity eligible for facilitated financing conditions.
• Regarding pasture recovery, the brief identifies a need for better monitoring of credit lines like RenovAgro and the PNCPD. It notes that over 25% of areas declared in the ABC Recuperação program did not actually correspond to pastures at the time credit was taken, and proposes that credit be restricted to truly degraded pastures, excluding recently deforested areas.
• The document suggests improving credit access for small-scale farmers, noting that while family farmers make up 75% of rural properties, only 15% obtain credit. It recommends that the National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture (Pronaf) prioritize the most vulnerable producers by reducing bottlenecks such as lack of guarantees and land regularization.
• The brief proposes aligning the Rural Insurance Premium Subsidy Program (PSR) and Proagro with the same socio-environmental and climate restrictions applied to rural credit. This includes prohibiting subsidies for properties with illegal deforestation, slave labor, or those located in indigenous lands and conservation units.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2025). Recomendações para o Plano Safra 2025-2026. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/recomendacoes-para-o-plano-safra-2025-2026/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Recomendações para o Plano Safra 2025-2026. 2025. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/recomendacoes-para-o-plano-safra-2025-2026/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2025recomendaes, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Recomendações para o Plano Safra 2025-2026}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2025}, month = jun, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/pt-br/publication/recomendacoes-para-o-plano-safra-2025-2026/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }