Brazil to Triple Ethanol Production by 2020
BRAZIL - Brazil is expected to triple its ethanol production by 2020 according to Alan Kardec Pinto, president of Petrobras Biofuel.

Brazil-Sweden Meeting on Energy Issues
BRAZIL - Energy including renewable energies, biofuels, and energy efficiency were on the table at a bilateral meeting chaired by Brazil's Minister of Mines and Energy, Edison Lobão...

Three-sided Cooperation for Biofuel Production
BRAZIL - Finding of 2 billion barrels of oil does not diminish the importance of biofuels, according to Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Energy Diversification and Climate Change
BRAZIL - Paul Roberts, rapporteur of the I Intergovernmental Session – Biofuels and Energy Security at the First Internatinal Biofuels Conference in São Paulo, Brazil, presented the...

Commissioner at International Conference on Biofuels
BRAZIL - Commissioner Piebalgs has been participating in the International Biofuels Conference taking place in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 17 to 21 November. Fifty Ministers including many...

Minister Opens Biofuels Conference
BRAZIL - The Brazilian Head Minister of the Civil Cabinet, Dilma Rousseff, opened up the 1st International Conference of Biofuels on Monday, welcoming 300 participants and the 92 foreign...

Agricultural Export Earnings Show Significant Increase
BRAZIL - Brazil's total export earnings from agricultural and livestock products over the first nine months of this year were 29 per cent higher than in the whole of 2007, according...

Historic Crop to Boost Grain Exports
BRAZIL - The 2007/2008 harvest in Brazil was 143.87 million tonnes, growth of 9.2% over the previous crop. The record result confirms the tendency for growth of agribusiness.

Brazil: Annual Soybean Report 2008
BRAZIL - This is a GAIN report on Brazil's soybean update prepared by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Brazil: Record Ethanol Production Predicted in 2008
BRASILIA - Brazilian officials forecast on Tuesday record sugar cane crops and record ethanol production for 2008 that will boost exports of ethanol by more than 23 percent, as reported...