How can brazil grow

As a result of this process and the international economic downturn, the decline in Brazil's economic activity caused the country's GDP to contract by 3.

Amidst this scenario - and the many questions about the impact of the recent slowdown in social advances - the World Bank has released a Systematic Country Diagnostic SCD for Brazil. It also examines the main obstacles to growth as a first step to try and resolve them.

One such obstacle is the low productivity rate of Brazil's economy. Behind this mismatch are:. The report also brings good news: despite the difficulties faced by Brazil's economy, the country can continue moving forward with its policies to further reduce poverty and inequality.

The promotion of new social advances requires improvements to the quality of services such as health and education. And that, in turn, requires greater efficiency in spending and in the use of public assets, as well as stronger institutions and budgetary processes to ensure that the choices made are, indeed, the ones most favorable to the poor.

Some of it is also transferred to companies through tax exemptions with little in the way of transparency and efficiency. Reducing these transfers will free up funds that can be used to improve public services and policies for the disadvantaged.

Lastly, the document acknowledges Brazil's important role in tackling climate change and curbing deforestation. The country has developed low-carbon agriculture, for example, among other technologies. However, to promote green and inclusive development, the country must advance further in water resources and land management issues. It must also make headway in urban issues, such as disorganized urban sprawls, disaster risk management and pollution.

The rainy season ends before maize maturity, leading to terminal drought in most years. There are two dominant rice systems: irrigated lowland rice southern brazil and rainfed upland rice north-central and western Brazil. Rice is grown as a single crop per year; in southern Brazil rice is sown from late September to early December and with the onset of rainfall typically between early November and early December in north-central Brazil rice is planted.

In all cases, rice is direct seeded. For each crop-RWS combination, each crop sequence x soil type combination was simulated, and then weighted by their relative proportion to retrieve an average Yw at the level of the RWS buffer zone or Yp in the case of irrigated rice.

Simulations assumed no limitations to crop growth by nutrients and no incidence of biotic stresses such as weeds, insect pests, and pathogens. A weighted average yield was calculated based on the average yield reported for the municipalities located within the buffer zone and the relative contribution of each department to the total crop harvested area in the buffer zone.

Reported Yw or Yp for irrigated rice in the Atlas are long-term averages. Yield gap Yg was calculated as the difference between long-term average Yw rainfed crops or Yp irrigated crops and average farmer yield. Including more years before in the calculation of average actual yield would have led to a biased estimate of average actual yield due to a strong technology trend in Brazil.

In the case of buffers where both safra and safrinha were common maize, average maize yield was estimated by averaging their respective average yields, weighting by the proportion of maize area under each crop system. Allen, R.

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Upland rice breeding led to increased drought sensitivity in Brazil. Inman-Bamber, N. Plant Soil 8, 93— Jones, J. Marin, F. Royce, F. Sugarcane model intercomparison: Structural differences and uncertainties under current and potential future climates.

Climate change impacts on sugarcane attainable yield in southern Brazil. Climatic Change , Monteiro, L. Pivetta, L. Castoldi, G. Santos, and C. Soybean root growth and activity as affected by the production system. Pesquisa Agropecu. The project was approved in October and finances the expansion of Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program to the newly and previously uncovered affected population. In the analytical front, the Bank is focused on informing the reform of the social protection system to new emerging priorities due to the COVID pandemic, delivering a robust set of advisory services and analytics focused on:.

The following studies under this pillar are expected to be completed by the end of the current fiscal year June, :. Innovative projects empower local communities in poor regions of the Northeast , as well as in other parts of the country North, South-East and South , to invest in improving the quality of products and thereby increase access to institutional and private markets - mainly through collective channels, such as producer associations and cooperatives.

The projects also invest in complementary infrastructure to support agricultural activities, such as: agro-logistics, alternative energy sources, water supply and basic sanitation. This is the case of organic cocoa producers in southern Bahia. Potential buyers and visitors to the region can experience a day in the countryside and purchase almonds and several cocoa products chocolate, nibs, etc.

This approach also benefits the recovery of the Atlantic Forest, by adopting agroforestry practices and systems and several other practices that increase production and strengthen climatic resilience. The World Bank recognizes the importance of Brazilian cities.

However, these cities also present high concentration of poverty, as well as drastic socio-spatial inequalities, all exacerbated by the rising frequency and intensity of extreme climate-related events, which affect the poor and vulnerable in a disproportionate manner.

The World Bank's support for promoting inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities comes in different ways. There is the traditional one-on-one engagement with municipalities to address their specific and multidimensional challenges related to planning, formulation and implementation of public policies, including the provision and maintenance of infrastructure and services at the local level.

In Fortaleza, for example, a project under implementation benefits more than thousand people through a set of urban and environmental improvements, with expected results on the transformation of the entire western and less favored portion of the city.

But the World Bank has also been investing in innovative ways of providing municipalities with financing to support integrated projects for urban resilience. A recently approved operation granted access to a World Bank loan, through which the Regional Development Bank for the Far South Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul - BRDE will be able to act as a financial intermediary and lend to small and medium-sized municipalities in southern Brazil interested in promoting the resilience agenda.

This project comprises of a specific credit line to finance disaster risk management and mitigation projects addressing events, such as floods, landslides and coastal erosion.

These projects were pioneers in the field and allowed for strong private participation in sectors previously only invested in by the public sector. The following study under this pillar is expected to be completed by the end of the current fiscal year June, :.

Few countries have ecosystems as rich, diverse and critical to the well-being of their populations as Brazil. Brazilian forests are also huge reservoirs of carbon and an important asset for maintaining the global climate balance. In recent years, Brazil has improved its environmental laws and implemented several initiatives to combat climate change, with significant reductions in emissions. It is estimated that the impact of ARPA alone will be enough to avoid the emission of million tons of carbon by The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program begun in June combines biodiversity protection with the recovery of degraded areas to ensure the connectivity of Amazonian ecosystems and to support the sustainable development of the region.

In Brazil , the World Bank is supporting the government in better managing and conserving the Cerrado , the second largest biome in South America, which is being deforested twice as quickly as the Amazon, due to land clearing for agriculture and cattle ranching.

The Cerrado is a driver of economic growth and is essential for food security, biodiversity conservation, water regulation and carbon sequestration. Investments underway are addressing drivers of deforestation by making agricultural production more sustainable, providing monitoring and information, and building capacity to detect, prevent and fight forest fires. Results to date include:. Water Resources Management.

Water scarcity and floods are growing problems in Brazil, further exacerbated by climate change. Key challenges in water resources management in Brazil relate to the need to increase its strategic priority in the national political agenda, while improving communication with the society and decision makers about its results and benefits. Despite progress made over the past decades, Brazil still faces persistent deficits in access to Water Supply and Sanitation WSS services with important environmental, social and economic negative impacts.

How the World Bank is contributing. It includes a broad scope and multi-instrumental programs: investment financing, technical assistance, analytical and advisory services and sectoral dialogue implemented in close partnership with key sectoral institutions at the federal, state and municipal levels.