RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The recent severe frosts in Brazil resulted in losses on about 19% of coffee-cultivated areas in Minas Gerais state, equivalent to 173,680 hectares.
This was estimated by the State Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company (Emater-MG) on Wednesday (25), while the federal government was looking for ways to keep the damaged farmers in business.
The magnitude of the impact in MG is in line with projections made the previous day by Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina that losses would be between 18% and 20%.
The president of Emater-MG, Otávio Maia, said that . . .
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