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Brazil: Extraordinary credit for food supply and food security in response to El Niño 2026-2027

Start Date: 13/08/2026
End Date: N/A

Description

Public expenditure intervention financed through an extraordinary credit of BRL 924,985,960 to strengthen food supply and food security in response to risks associated with El Niño in 2026-2027. Resources finance public food stocks managed by Conab, emergency food distribution, and the acquisition and distribution of products from family farming through the Food Acquisition Program.

Observations

Original budget: BRL 924,985,960. Exchange rate used: BRL 5.18560 per USD, corresponding to the Banco Central do Brasil PTAX Real/USD rate for 13 August 2026. Method: budget_usd = BRL 924,985,960 / 5.18560 = USD 178,375,879.36. Of the total, BRL 849,786,560 is allocated to public food stock formation through Conab; BRL 61,969,400 to food distribution, with an additional target of 140,000 beneficiary families; and BRL 13,230,000 to food acquisition and distribution from family farming through the PAA, with an additional target of 1,323 beneficiary farming families. No end date is recorded because the source does not establish a specific completion date for the financed actions.

Action scope

National

Evaluated

No

Stage

Implementation- Ongoing

Temporalidad

Short-term

Number of Years

N/A

Related elements

Budget in USD

Budget in USD
$178,375,879.00
Counterpart Budget
$0.00
Total Budget
$178,375,879.00
Annual Average Budget
$178,375,879.00
Financing Sources Financing Types
Government of Brazil Public budget

Institutions

Institutions Institutions rols
CONABIO: National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity Execution and operation
MDA: Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming (Brazil) Execution and operation
MDS: Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight Against Hunger (Brazil) Execution and operation

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