巴西非转基因大豆：最佳合作商机

Brazilian nonGMO soybeans: great cooperation opportunity
巴西非转基因大豆：最佳合作商机

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，巴西主要生产转基因大豆。然而，在亚马逊东南部地区，巴西非转基因大豆种植园迎来了一个新的发展机遇，通过开发新的种植园种植非转基因大豆这个项目，将巴西生产商与中国贸易商/买家连接起来。

 

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.

巴西生产商和西方主要贸易商之间的这种合作方式是，贸易商向种植园主（拥有土地的企业）提供种子和肥料，巴西企业种植和收获作物，然后贸易商根据相关关联合同购买种植园主的作物（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.

现在我们有一个来自巴西一些大型生产商的合作方案：他们有兴趣与中国贸易商或买家开展与上述（与西方贸易商开展的）相同的合作项目，特别是在“新地区”开发新的非转基因大豆种植园。

 

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.

其中的优势包括，通过安排所有的“邻居”都来种植非转基因大豆（因此避免了转基因大豆的传染），使非转基因大豆具有良好的质量；还包括物流上的一些优势：内地运输将主要涉及驳船而不是卡车，收集作物时和物流过程中使用非转基因大豆专用的仓库，还有亚马逊地区的装货港大多没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).

这些供应商将由巴西第一大和第二大独立种植园主（他们可能是全世界上最大的种植园主）协调。

 

Brazil Cerrado Region

巴西塞拉多地区

 

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.

 巴西塞拉多地区的生产由于该地区的一些特点而变得非常有吸引力，例如稳定的气候、充足的降雨量、平衡的地形以及先进的技术和在土壤、种子和灌溉方面的投资，使其红土非常富有生产力。

 

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).

与巴西其他地区相比，被称为“Mapitoba”地区（“马皮托巴”该名称是由土地延伸的四个州——马拉尼昂州、皮亚伊州、托坎廷斯州和巴伊亚州——的首字母组合而成）的土地价格更合理。这一地区的土地被个体户，特别是来自南部巴拉那州和南里奥格兰德多州的个体户，以及主要的农业综合企业集团（其中一些拥有少数外国股东权益）收购。

 

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地区已经被视为巴西的第三个农业关键地区（仅次于南部和中西部）。根据荷兰合作银行的数据，到2021年，Mapitoba地区的粮食产量将达到2000万吨。在过去十年大豆种植面积翻了一番之后，今年的收获年，Mapitoba将再增加12%。而且，预计这个地区的种植面积会再扩大，另外对新品种、肥料和机械的投资会提高生产率。目前仍有200万公顷优质土地可供种植，据市场估计，这相当于今年收获大豆面积的70%。因此，农业企业有大量的土地可用于增加生产。

 

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.

关于该地区的物流，联邦政府的增长加速计划试图通过扩建伊塔基港和其他项目，特别是与铁路有关的项目，改善该地区的物流。南北铁路从Porto Nacional（托坎廷斯州）延伸至Carajás铁路（通往伊塔基港（马拉尼昂州））的完工，已经有助于降低物流成本。