Sustainable Agribusiness: Marcello Britto and Ricardo Rodrigues | Ponto a Ponto

Marcello Britto and Ricardo Rodrigues explore how to transform Brazil into an agri-environmental powerhouse and how restoration can boost the economy.
Ponto a Ponto is a series of videos with an evidence-based dialog between two leading personalities in their fields, with the aim of finding a common and viable path between their points of view.
EXPERTS:
MARCELO BRITTO, food engineer, is the executive secretary of the Consórcio dos Estados da Amazônia Legal (Consortium of States of the Legal Amazon). He is currently a professor and coordinator of the Centro Global Agroambiental at the Fundação Dom Cabral. He was president of the Associação Brasileira do Agronegócio (2019-2021).
RICARDO RODRIGUES, biologist, is research director at re.green and a professor in the department of Ciências Biológicas of the Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz of the Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ-USP). He works on conservation and restoration from the perspective of rural property.
The debate took place in April 2024. The video has optional subtitles in Portuguese, English and Spanish that can be activated in the settings.
TECHNICAL FILE:
Direction, production, research, script: Beatriz Kipnis and Isabel Penz
Editing: Isabel Penz
Capture and colorization: Fabio Furtado
Photography and camera assistant: Pedro Balmant
Subtitles: Laura Jahn Scotte
REFERENCES:
Alves, Paulo Vicente dos Santos. A revolução no agronegócio. Nova Lima, DOM v.11, n.36 , p. 56-65, set./dez. 2018.
Moreira, Eduardo Freitas. Rede de Pesquisa para conservação e Manejo Sustentável de Polinizadores - POLINFRUT, Universidade Federal da Bahia.
Rajão et al. The rotten apples of Brazil's Agribusiness. Science. Jul 17;369(6501):246-248. 2020.
Sarcinelli et al. Land Use Capability and the Sustainable Scale: An Overview of Agriculture in São Paulo State, Brazil. Natural Resources, 2022.

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Fantástico debate. Temos que por em prática e pensar em uma trabalho de ganho de escala por meio de políticas públicas adequadas.