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Brazil: Public Rice Purchases to Build Stocks and Mitigate El Niño Impacts

Start Date: 04/09/2026
End Date: N/A

Description

Public initiative authorizing Brazil's National Supply Company to purchase long fine paddy rice from the 2025/2026 crop through public auctions to build public stocks. The measure provides up to R$500 million for purchases intended to mitigate impacts associated with the El Niño phenomenon. Operations may take place in rice-producing states where the market price calculated by Conab exceeds the current minimum price. The maximum purchase price will be 125 percent of the applicable minimum price. Rural producers and producer cooperatives may participate.
Go to Initiative
ElNiño PublicProcurement

Observations

The budget is a maximum authorized ceiling and not executed expenditure. Original amount: BRL 500,000,000. Conversion uses the Central Bank of Brazil PTAX selling rate for September 4, 2026: 5.1253 BRL per USD. Calculation: BRL 500,000,000 / 5.1253 = USD 97,555,265.06. The source contains conflicting ordinance dates: the summary states September 1, 2026, while the body states September 2, 2026. The unambiguous announcement publication date, September 4, 2026, is used as the initiative start date.

Iniciative Type

Plan, program or project

Action scope

National

Evaluated

No

Stage

Implementation- Ongoing

Temporalidad

Short-term

Number of Years

N/A

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Budget in USD

Budget in USD
$97,555,265.00
Counterpart Budget
$0.00
Total Budget
$97,555,265.00
Annual Average Budget
$97,555,265.00
Financing Sources Financing Types
Brazilian Federal Public Budget for Rice Purchases and Public Stocks Public budget

Institutions

Institutions Institutions rols
Conab: National Supply Company Execution and operation

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