brazil – O Joio e O Trigo

Brazil tames hunger as the world falls behind

Thalita Pires — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000

While global hunger remains above 2015 levels, Brazil is moving in the opposite direction. A new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 7.8% of the world’s population was undernourished in 2025. In Brazil, the figure dropped below 2.5% over the 2023–2025 period, keeping the country off the Hunger Map. The sharpest improvement came in severe food…

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Cattle and soy capture 47% of family farming funds over three decades

Flávia Schiochet — Tue, 19 May 2026 12:30:00 +0000

The National Program for Strengthening Family Farming (Pronaf) celebrates its 31st anniversary in 2026. Significant changes have occurred since its launch: interest rates have decreased while the volume of resources has increased year after year, reaching a record R$ 78.2 billion for the 2025–26 crop season. Interest rates, which stood at 16% per year in 1995, now range from 0.5% to 8%.

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Agreement to reduce sugar in Brazil excludes main products

Piero Locatelli — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 18:00:36 +0000

The initiative of these companies in partnership with the Ministry of Health represents a reduction of less than 2% in the intake of sugar and comes at a time when the government is contemplating regulation By Piero Locatelli The Brazilian Ministry of Health and the food industry have signed an agreement to reduce the amount of sugar in products. The agreement downaims to reduce consumption…

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Coca-Cola´s tax planning is international

Moriti Neto — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 18:35:27 +0000

The British magazine Ethical Consumer, created by an independent group of researchers, activists and journalists, is headquartered in Manchester, England, since 1989. Its priority as a mission is to keep track of the “challenging corporate power”. The idea is to have less abusive global companies through the pressure of organized society. The English publication researchers perform a thorough…

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The deep pockets of obesity science

João Peres — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:07:33 +0000

“We really thought that it would be possible to reach a good solution,” said Simón Barquera. A few weeks before, we saw his name in connection with the Latin American Scientific Committee of the Choices International Foundation, an organization created by the food industry to avoid warnings on front-of-pack labelling about (high) salt, fat and sugar content. And we were surprised: Simón…

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Big Food occupies university seats in Brazil’s health regulation agency

João Peres — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 19:34:43 +0000

The food industry occupies seats reserved for universities and research institutes in collegiums of Brazil’s health regulatory body. Although they have their own seats, the corporations spare no effort in ensuring the support of allied researchers, succeeding in influencing the definition of the agenda and rules of the National Health Monitoring Agency (ANVISA). The economic sector has a…

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Coca’s Happiness Factory is in the Brazilian Amazon. And is not cool

João Peres — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:57:58 +0000

Brazil’s major soft drinks manufacturers receive between US$ 0.05 and US$ 0.10 in subsidies for each can of drink consumed. For the two-litre bottles, the amount refunded to the companies is between US$ 0.15 and US$ 0.20. Between the amount not paid into the public coffers and the amount leaving them, each Brazilian pays more than US$ 10 a year in incentives granted to Coca-Cola and Ambev in…

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