Brazilian nonGMO soybeans: great cooperation opportunity
巴西非轉基因大豆：最佳合作商機

Currently, Brazil produces mostly GMO soybeans. However, in the Southeast Amazon area there is a new opportunity of development for non-GMO soybean plantations, associating Brazil farmers to Chinese traders/buyers.

目前，巴西主要生產轉基因大豆。然而，在亞馬遜東南部地區，巴西非轉基因大豆種植園迎來了一個新的發展機遇，通過開發新的種植園種植非轉基因大豆這個項目，將巴西生產商與中國貿易商/買家連接起來。

 

The way this kind of cooperation works between Brazil producers and major Western traders is that the traders provide the planters (who own the land) with seeds and fertilizers, the Brazilian farmers grow and harvest the crops, and then the traders buy the planters’ crops (be it corn or soybeans) under connected contracts.

巴西生產商和西方主要貿易商之間的這種合作方式是，貿易商向種植園主（擁有土地的企業）提供種子和肥料，巴西企業種植和收獲作物，然后貿易商根據相關關聯合同購買種植園主的作物（大豆、玉米…）。

 

Now we have a proposal from big Brazilian producers to do the same with Chinese traders or buyers directly, specifically for nonGMO soybeans to be planted at the New Frontier.

現在我們有一個來自巴西一些大型生產商的合作方案：他們有興趣與中國貿易商或買家開展與上述（與西方貿易商開展的）相同的合作項目，特別是在“新地區”開發新的非轉基因大豆種植園。

 

Among the advantages, are to have good quality of nonGMO, through having all “neighbours” planting nonGMO (so avoiding GMO contagion); the logistics would involve mostly barges instead of trucks, exclusive nonGMO warehouses for "collection" and shipping, and loading ports in the Amazon area are mostly less busy than Santos or Paranagua.

其中的優勢包括，通過安排所有的“鄰居”都來種植非轉基因大豆（因此避免了轉基因大豆的傳染），使非轉基因大豆具有良好的質量；還包括物流上的一些優勢：內地運輸將主要涉及駁船而不是卡車，收集作物時和物流過程中使用非轉基因大豆專用的倉庫，還有亞馬遜地區的裝貨港大多沒有像桑托斯港或巴拉那瓜港那么繁忙。

 

The suppliers would be coordinated by the first and the second largest independent planters of Brazil (whom are likely to be the largest in the World).

這些供應商將由巴西第一大和第二大獨立種植園主（他們可能是全世界上最大的種植園主）協調。

 

Brazil Cerrado Region

巴西塞拉多地區

 

Production in regions of the Brazilian Cerrado has become very attractive thanks to several characteristics of this region, such as stable climate, adequate amount of rainfall, and the balanced topography that make its red soil is very productive, together with technological advances and investments in the soil, seeds and irrigation.

 巴西塞拉多地區的生產由于該地區的一些特點而變得非常有吸引力，例如穩定的氣候、充足的降雨量、平衡的地形以及先進的技術和在土壤、種子和灌溉方面的投資，使其紅土非常富有生產力。

 

The price of land in the region known as "Mapitoba" (the name was given by putting together the initials of the four States where the land extends in - the States of Maranhão, Piauí, Tocantins and Bahia) is more accessible than in other regions of Brazil. The land in this area has been acquired by individuals, especially those coming from the Southern states of Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul, and by major agribusiness conglomerates (some of which with minority foreign interests).

與巴西其他地區相比，被稱為“Mapitoba”地區（“馬皮托巴”該名稱是由土地延伸的四個州——馬拉尼昂州、皮亞伊州、托坎廷斯州和巴伊亞州——的首字母組合而成）的土地價格更合理。這一地區的土地被個體戶，特別是來自南部巴拉那州和南里奧格蘭德多州的個體戶，以及主要的農業綜合企業集團（其中一些擁有少數外國股東權益）收購。

 

Today, the Mapitoba is already being considered as Brazil’s third agricultural frontier (after the South and Central West). According to Rabobank, grain production in the Mapitoba region should reach 20 million tons by 2021. After doubling the area planted with soybeans in the last decade, in this harvest year the Mapitoba will increase another 12%. Both productivity gains from investments in new varieties, fertilizers and machinery, and the planted area are expected to grow. There are 2million hectares of good quality land still available for planting, which is an amount equal to 70% of the land cultivated with soybeans in this harvest year, according to market estimates. Thus, farmers have a significant amount of land available to increase their production.

今天，Mapitoba地區已經被視為巴西的第三個農業關鍵地區（僅次于南部和中西部）。根據荷蘭合作銀行的數據，到2021年，Mapitoba地區的糧食產量將達到2000萬噸。在過去十年大豆種植面積翻了一番之后，今年的收獲年，Mapitoba將再增加12%。而且，預計這個地區的種植面積會再擴大，另外對新品種、肥料和機械的投資會提高生產率。目前仍有200萬公頃優質土地可供種植，據市場估計，這相當于今年收獲大豆面積的70%。因此，農業企業有大量的土地可用于增加生產。

 

Concerning the logistics in this area, the Federal Government’s Growth Acceleration Program has attempted to improve the region’s logistics, through expansion of the Port of Itaqui, and other projects, especially related to railways. The conclusion of the stretch of the North-South Railway from Porto Nacional (Tocantins) to the Carajás Railway, which goes to the Port of Itaqui (Maranhão), has already contributed to reducing the logistics costs.

關于該地區的物流，聯邦政府的增長加速計劃試圖通過擴建伊塔基港和其他項目，特別是與鐵路有關的項目，改善該地區的物流。南北鐵路從Porto Nacional（托坎廷斯州）延伸至Carajás鐵路（通往伊塔基港（馬拉尼昂州））的完工，已經有助于降低物流成本。