AreaBrazil

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityMaize

Date11/03/2022

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentGovernment market intervention

DescriptionLaunched a national fertilizer plan aimed at reducing dependence on imports. With new incentives for private investment in fertilizer production, the plan seeks to reduce imports to 45 percent of total domestic fertilizer consumption by 2050, from 85 percent currently.