Brazil to Encourage Wheat Output in Cerrado Region, Embrapa Says

Brazil, the world’s second-biggest wheat importer, is seeking to encourage growers to boost output in the center-western Cerrado region to cut dependency on foreign supplies, an official of the government’s agricultural research company said.

Embrapa, as the company is known, will start five wheat-producing units in the states of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias, Minas Gerais and the Federal District in the next four months, said Executive Director Kepler Euclides Filho. The units will give growers access to “modern” technology to cultivate wheat in the region, he said.