The soy farm at Mato Grosu de Sol reaps the fruits of a major change in agricultural practices. A year ago, the property joined an environmental renewal program that was developed by a grain company, and the results are already noticeable, especially in reducing carbon emissions.
The program, which covers 15 % of the total farm area, made a series of adjustments to agricultural techniques. Among the alternative changes to the products applied to the farm and a decrease in the use of pesticides, which leads to a significant improvement in the quality of agriculture. “We are more careful about buying products and searching for less options,” says Lisandra Zamboni, rural product and farm owner.
Short -term impressive results
In just one year of implementation, the program recorded a sudden reduction for more than 50 % in carbon emissions. This result is part of the first phase of the project, which included 16 soybeans products throughout the country, and the exchange of data from their productions to obtain a detailed follow -up of the evolutionary cycle and practices applied in each region.
André Germanus, director of the program, explains: “The basic principle of renewal agriculture is to make more effort with less. This means increasing productivity with low use of chemicals, the degree of low water need, the lowest area is required, and less greenhouse gas emissions,” explains André Germanus, director of the program.
The initiative is not limited to measuring emissions. According to the director, “agriculture generates emissions, but also kidnapping carbon. With health soil, as a result of renewal practices, we can kidnap more carbon from the air.” The program contains ambitious goals over the next five years, with the aim of reaching 200,000 integrated hectares in the project. “This expansion is only environmental benefits, but also due to the Brazilian agricultural products more sustainable and competitive in the global market,” says Germanos.
