Bolivian gas could boost Brazilian fertilizer production.

The president of Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), Jorge Viana, stated that the Brazil you can use the natural gas from Bolivia to boost fertilizer production, during a press conference held yesterday (17), held in Brazil-Bolivia Business Forumat headquarters Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp)in capital of São Paulo"Brazil has a very large fertilizer deficit. Bolivia has enormous potential, but essentially, it has gas. If this enters Mato Grosso at low cost, there is a possibility of exploiting fertilizers essential for agribusiness," stated the president of Apex-Brasil. According to Viana, if the cost of natural gas were to decrease in the country, large fertilizer factories could be built. "The war in Ukraine and the Middle East raises the alert that we have to look for local solutions for Brazilian agriculture," he said.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.