The 54 richest Brazilians in the world, according to Forbes, have a fortune which exceeds R$ 402.20 billion. These men correspond to 20% of Brazilian billionaires, and another characteristic in common is that they all work in the agribusiness.
Big landowners contribute about 30% of the country's GDP, and there are a few reasons why there are so many wealthy landowners. Know more about relationship between agribusiness and Brazilian billionaire families.
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Meet the Brazilian factory of billionaires
Agro is tech, agro is pop and it's also… a billionaire! 20% of Brazilians whose fortune reaches billions began their activities through large estates. Brazil is the world's largest exporter of grains, with around 22.2% of these global exports, especially soybeans, being made by Brazilians. Several historical, geographic and geopolitical reasons make the country a huge competitor in the world market for primary products.
While most billionaires around the world are linked to the technology or sports sector, the Brazilians contradict statistics and increase their fortune linked to the economic sector year after year primary. Even in the context of the pandemic, the country's agribusiness continued to grow, even with the world recession scenario. Check out some reasons why:
Technology applied in the field
We are a reference in technology focused on tropical agriculture. The country, with continental dimensions, has different biomes and climates and, therefore, it is possible that there are plantations throughout its territorial extension.
The use of technologies to extend soil fertility, crop management, pest and weed disease control weeds and automated irrigation techniques exponentially increase Brazilian production and reduce the cost of food basic. In this way, we increase competitiveness in an international scenario.
Creation of AgTechs
AgTechs are technological agencies, in the start-up modality, whose objective is to promote and boost biotechnological advances and models for monitoring and managing large estates and farms. For this, researchers will combine artificial intelligence and Big Data to keep up to date and create production methods. new and increasingly efficient, in order to always increase profit and keep Brazil in the first place when it comes to agroexport.