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In an official ceremony celebrating World Fertilizer Day, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) leads a new assembly to create a structure that leverages technological autonomy and integrates sustainable plant nutrition technologies in the country.
O World Fertilizer Day is a symbolic and strategic moment for the Brazilian agricultureaccording to one matter published.
On the chosen date (October 13st), the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) participated in the Constitutional Assembly that structured the Center of Excellence in Fertilizers and Plant Nutrition (CEFENP).
The initiative emerges as a central instrument to reduce the country's vulnerability to the import of essential resources.
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Although Brazil is responsible for about 85% of the fertilizers used are imported, the new center aims to accelerate technological advancement adapted to the tropical climate. Future actions should involve government, the market, and universities.
Fertilizer center in Brazil encourages local innovation
A creation of CEFENP is undertaking an effort to solidify a fertilizer center in Brazil with an institutional identity and a focus on applied research.
The assembly held last Monday (13) celebrated the World Fertilizer Day and formalized the commitment to reducing dependence on imported fertilizers and invested in the governance of this new organization.
The alliance signed between Mapa, Embrapa and other institutions reflects this purpose. The center will seek to develop adapted formulations tailored to acidic or tropical soils, unlike solutions designed for temperate climates.
Reducing dependence on imported fertilizers is a central goal
The increasing fluctuation of international prices and geopolitical tensions highlight the risk of depending on external sources.
In this context, the plan to reduce fertilizer dependence imported assumes a founding role.
At the assembly, which remembered the World Fertilizer Day, Mapa conducted the technical process together with the National Council of Fertilizers and Plant Nutrition (CONFERT), with assistance from universities and the private sector.
Institutes such as CETEM and SGB have committed to collaborating on chemical and mineralogical assessments that support competitive national production.
World Fertilizer Day: Sustainable plant nutrition technologies as a differentiator
CEFENP should support the development of low-carbon, sustainable plant nutrition technologies that maximize input efficiency and reduce environmental impacts.
The goal is not only to replace imports, but to produce innovations that make agriculture more resilient.
The partnerships include IFDC, UNIDO, and DEFRA, as well as universities such as UFV, UFMT, and UFRJ. The initial goal is for some of the research to be ready for presentation at COP 30 in Belém by 2025.
Technological autonomy for tropical agriculture and institutional strengthening
The term technological autonomy for tropical agriculture reflects the new center's raison d'être. More than 90% of applied technologies today they result from models adapted to different climates, which reduces efficiency in Brazil.
CEFENP will act as an institutional bridge between academia, the industrial sector and the federal government, aligned with the National Fertilizer Plan 2025.
This collaboration will enable regional research to be converted into scalable products, with local and strategic support.
The initiative was structured to be directly connected to the National Fertilizer Plan 2025, providing technical and institutional support for the goals of sectoral public policy.
Mapa leads the coordination, with the participation of state entities such as Pesagro/RJ and INEA, as well as universities and companies such as Petrobras.
During the event, which celebrated the World Fertilizer DayThe 2025 Food Sovereignty Ambassadors Award was presented to CONFERT and its partners in the federal government. The assembly institutionalized the most comprehensive sectoral coalition ever seen in Brazil in this niche.
In the assembly episode held at World Fertilizer Day (October 13), this strategic step inaugurates a promising trajectory towards self-sufficiency and sustainable innovation in the agrochemical segment in Brazil.
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