1. Case Clinic: Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security
Goias State - Joao Marcos Bertoldi
May 11, 2017

2. Goias Case Clinic: Challenge
The agriculture sector in Goias relies on industry standard practices, such as aerial application of chemicals and the use of genetically modified seeds, to maintain crop yields. In Goias, the proximity of many rural agriculture areas to protected areas is such that there are unintended consequences from agricultural practices on the surrounding landscape.

3. Goias Case Clinic: Background Info

4. (Goias Parks plus National Parks ) Total area: 1.325.274,13 h a
Full Protected Areas
(Goias Parks plus National Parks )
Total area: ,13 h a
There also plus:
Municipal full protection areas
private reserve areas required by law (20% of properties).

5. Goias Case Clinic: Goal
Identify innovative market strategies to incentivize commodity producers, near protected areas, to be environmentally friendly, while still maintaining crop yields and profitability. Use society to send signals and influence the market to increase demand for environmentally friendly food production that ultimately will shift agriculture practices and industry norms and create a new market for agroecological commodities that offer a more diverse range of products that have green origin certification.

6. Goias Case Clinic: Background Info
Agriculture commodities: soybeans, sugar cane, corn, manioc, rice, beef
Primary agriculture commodity: soybeans
Soybean production (2015): tons
Demand: ~50% domestic uses (animal feed & other uses)
~50% exported
Exportation of soy and beef (2016):
Soy complex – tons – 48 % of all exportation
Beef complex – tons – 15,16 % of all exportation
Major importers of Goias agriculture commodities:
Soybeans: China, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Middle East, Russia
Beef: almost everywhere, emphasis on China and Middle East
Goias produces a variety of grains and considerable amount of sugar cane, this case concentrates on soy since it causes more impact due to its high production.
I will focus on soy production as it is a very important asset for Goias when it comes to commerce abroad.
some data about meat production is included because soy is a primary product in animal feed.

7. Goias Case Clinic: Background Info
Relevant Legislation and Policies
2016 air spraying legislation (similar to national)
2.000m from sources of water for public supply
300m from rivers, lakes, streams and other sources of water
National School Feeding Program (structured demand for smallholder farmers)
incentives for family farmers that supply higher-quality (organic) commodities to schools
National Organic Agriculture Law
established a system for certifying organic products
Incentives and Payments for Ecosystem Services
protection of forest maintenance and water resources (particularly for water resources that supply cities).
None to reward the agroecological producer for clean production, at practice.
Organization of the commercial system:
Agriculture Ministry created legislation and set rules for organizing guarantee commerce
Registration on the Ministry and Organic stamp
Both Certified selling and direct producer-consumer selling
Riparian protected area – required by law – surrounded by crop area.

8. Goias Case Clinic: Background Info
Measures to foster environmentally friendly agriculture
National Council for Research (CNPq) offers grants and scholarships for research at Universities, including rural dissemination
Some researchers and professors develop research by themselves
Rural producers interchange experiences, methodologies and high-diversity seeds
Small agriculture producers began to organize themselves in cooperatives
Local campaigns directed at consumers’ consciousness in order to increase consumption
Support social will for implementing a pilot project inside the Protected Area of ‘Pouso Alto’ (NE of Goias) converting areas of intensive industrial agriculture into more friendly agriculture technologies
Success: There is large demand for Organic food and production is becoming insufficient

9. Air spraying is not allowed in the ‘Buffer amortization area”
Other areas in Pouso Alto Protected Area are supposed gradually stopping air spraying

11. Goias Case Clinic: R4BLP input & help
How can Goias organize a network of markets for products that originate from Protected Areas and products that are produced using environmentally friendly agricultural practices?

12. Thank you R4BLP Members!