CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA A SUSTENTABILIDADE NO PLANO SAFRA 2023/24

This technical note by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) and Agroicone presents proposals to integrate sustainability into Brazil's Plano Safra 2023/24. The document advocates for aligning rural credit and insurance with climate goals, specifically by increasing funding for low-carbon agriculture programs, improving risk management through climate zoning, and redirecting constitutional funds toward small-scale producers and sustainable practices.

• The authors propose increasing the funding for the low-carbon agriculture program (Programa ABC+) to R$ 8 billion and the Pronaf ABC+ subprogram to R$ 5 billion. In the 2022/23 agricultural year, the ABC+ program had a forecast of R$ 6.2 billion, which represented only 1.8% of the total Plano Safra or 6.6% of total investment resources.
• To combat environmental degradation, the document suggests prohibiting rural credit for properties with illegal deforestation (unless in the process of environmental regularization) and for areas with active embargoes issued by federal and state environmental agencies across all biomes. Currently, credit restrictions for embargoed properties apply only to the Amazon biome and embargoes issued by Ibama.
• The briefing recommends improving risk management by guaranteeing R$ 2 billion for the Rural Insurance Premium Subsidy Program (PSR). It specifically suggests allocating at least R$ 100 million of these subsidies to small and medium producers who use Proagro (particularly for soy and corn) and at least R$ 200 million to producers with active ABC+ credit contracts.
• The document proposes the implementation of the ZARC Níveis de Manejo (ZARC NM) in rural insurance, particularly within the PSR. This involves using indicators related to management and water stress to divide risks into four levels, with higher management levels correlating to greater resilience to water stress and more desirable environmental externalities.
• Regarding Constitutional Financing Funds (FCFs), the authors suggest directing approximately 10% of the funds used for investment toward sustainable practices, totaling R$ 2.06 billion (R$ 686 million per regional fund). This is based on the 2021/22 harvest investment value of R$ 20.6 billion.
• The document advocates for the creation of a Sustainable Rural Credit Bureau as part of the Central Bank of Brazil's Sustainability Agenda. This would involve integrating data into the Rural Credit and Proagro Operations System (SICOR), including PRODES deforestation maps from INPE, pasture quality maps from the 'Atlas das Pastagens', irrigation water potential maps from ANA, and ZARC NM maps.

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} }