CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURAL PLAN 2023/24

This briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) and Agroicone presents proposals to integrate sustainability and climate resilience into Brazil's 2023/24 Agricultural Plan (Plano Safra). The document outlines three primary sets of recommendations: aligning rural credit rules with sustainability goals, improving agricultural risk management through insurance subsidies, and prioritizing the allocation of Constitutional Financing Funds (FCFs) for small producers and low-carbon practices.

• The ABC+ Program, which promotes environmental preservation and greenhouse gas mitigation, received R$ 6.2 billion in the 2022/23 agricultural year, representing only 1.8% of the total Agricultural Plan. The authors propose increasing resources for the ABC+ Program to R$ 8 billion and for the PRONAF ABC+ line to R$ 5 billion.
• To combat environmental degradation, the document proposes prohibiting rural credit for properties with illegal deforestation after 2008 (unless undergoing environmental regularization) and for areas with active embargoes from both federal and state environmental agencies across all biomes.
• The briefing suggests enhancing the Sustainable Rural Credit Bureau by integrating specific databases into the Rural Credit and PROAGRO Operations System (SICOR), including PRODES deforestation maps, pasture quality maps from the Atlas of Pastures, irrigation potential maps from the National Water and Basic Sanitation Agency (ANA), and ZARC maps with stewardship levels.
• To manage increasing climate risks, the authors recommend securing R$ 2 billion for the economic subsidy of the Rural Insurance Premium Subsidies Program (PSR). They specifically propose allocating at least R$ 100 million for small and medium-sized producers benefiting from PROAGRO and R$ 200 million for producers with active ABC+ Program contracts.
• The document proposes the implementation of ZARC Stewardship Levels (ZARC NM) within rural insurance and the PSR to allow risk underwriting based on the adopted stewardship level, which correlates with water stress and environmental externalities.
• The authors propose that Constitutional Financing Funds (FCFs), which accounted for approximately 37% of investment resources in the 2021/22 Agricultural Plan, should allocate roughly 10% of their investment funds (approximately R$ 2.06 billion) toward sustainable practices via the ABC+ and PRONAF ABC+ programs.

APA

Stussi, M., & Souza, P. (2023). CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURAL PLAN 2023/24. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NT-Plano-Safra-EN.pdf

Chicago

Stussi, Mariana, and Priscila Souza. CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURAL PLAN 2023/24. Climate Policy Initiative, 2023. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NT-Plano-Safra-EN.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stussi2023contributions, author = {Stussi, Mariana and Souza, Priscila}, title = {{CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURAL PLAN 2023/24}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NT-Plano-Safra-EN.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }