CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA A SUSTENTABILIDADE NO PLANO SAFRA 2023/24

The document argues that Brazil's Plano Safra must align with climate goals by prioritizing low-carbon credit lines, improving rural insurance for climate resilience, and redirecting constitutional funds toward small-scale sustainable producers.

• The Programa ABC+ and Pronaf ABC+ are critical for low-carbon agriculture but were underfunded in 2022/23, with ABC+ receiving R$ 6.2 billion, representing only 1.8% of the total Plano Safra. The authors propose increasing these resources to R$ 8 billion for ABC+ and R$ 5 billion for Pronaf ABC+.
• To combat deforestation and environmental degradation, the document proposes blocking rural credit for properties with illegal deforestation (except those in regularization) and those with active embargos from federal and state environmental agencies across all biomes.
• Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme events and crop failures in Brazil; for example, severe drought in 2021/22 caused rural insurance indemnities to increase more than fourfold compared to the previous harvest.
• The authors recommend guaranteeing R$ 2 billion for the Rural Insurance Premium Subsidy Program (PSR) and prioritizing these resources for small and medium producers using Proagro, as well as those adopting sustainable practices via ABC+ credit.
• The document suggests implementing the ZARC Management Levels (ZARC NM) in rural insurance to allow risk underwriting based on the producer's management level, which correlates with water stress resilience and positive environmental externalities.
• Constitutional Financing Funds (FCFs) are currently concentrated among larger producers; the briefing proposes directing approximately 10% of FCF investment resources (estimated at R$ 2.06 billion) toward the ABC+ and Pronaf ABC+ programs.

APA

Stussi, M., & Souza, P. (2023). CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA A SUSTENTABILIDADE NO PLANO SAFRA 2023/24. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NT-Plano-Safra.pdf

Chicago

Stussi, Mariana, and Priscila Souza. CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA A SUSTENTABILIDADE NO PLANO SAFRA 2023/24. Climate Policy Initiative, 2023. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NT-Plano-Safra.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stussi2023contribuies, author = {Stussi, Mariana and Souza, Priscila}, title = {{CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA A SUSTENTABILIDADE NO PLANO SAFRA 2023/24}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2023}, month = may, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NT-Plano-Safra.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }