World will have extra consumption of 45 million tons of meat in 10 years

São Paulo, 27-meat consumption in the world must grow 45 million tons over the next 10 years, estimated the senior analyst of Rabobank, Adolfo sources, during the Summit Agribusiness 2017, held in São Paulo. Of this increase, 10 million tons must be only in beef. According to sources, the increased global demand for protein supports the importance of brazilian offer, which has the potential to expand, with productivity gains.
Sources pointed out that, in the market of chicken protein, Brazil should remain as the main exporter and with the advantage of being the only country, among the main producers, free of avian influenza. The health status can also give the nod to the competitors gain market. An example is the marketing with Mexico, a country for which the Brazil exports chicken meat from 2013 and that is gaining participation in recent times. "Now that we have chicken in Mexico is open for pigs," said sources. Between January and October, Mexicans bought 88500 tonnes of chicken meat from Brazil.
With regard to beef, Sources pointed out that the country can increase your production without the need for occupying new spaces or even clear, since it is possible to recover the degraded pastures. "We hope that the production of livestock do a transformation," he said in reference to the recovery and intensification of degraded areas and crop-livestock integration work-forests, which can produce productivity gains. For the analyst, without deforesting it is possible to increase the production of beef in 2% and release about 10 million of hectares for growing soybeans.