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Brazil’s hulking farming sector lacks solid rural insurance
Flooded rice crops in Rio Grande do Sul. Photo: Marildo Mulinari/Personal Archive
Unlike in many countries where crop insurance is a standard feature of farming activity, Brazil’s rural insurance market never developed in the same way as the vast agribusiness sector. Indeed, Brazil is on track to record its lowest level of agricultural insurance coverage in at least a decade in 2025…
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