Federal government resumes fertilizer production at Fafen plant in Bahia.

This Thursday (14), the federal government officially announced Resumption of operations at the Bahia Nitrogen Fertilizer Plant (Fafen-BA), located in CamaçariAccording to the authorities, Approximately R$ 100 million was invested in reactivating the plant.A Fafen-BA can produce 1,300 tons of urea-based fertilizer per day.equivalent to 5% of national demand due to agricultural inputs. The government estimates that… The resumption of production should generate 900 direct jobs and approximately 2,700 indirect jobs.The announcement was made during a visit by President Lula and of Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, André de Paula, to the unit. A reactivation of the nitrogen fertilizer plant It is part of a broader policy to reduce dependence on imports of agricultural inputsThe National Fertilizer Plan, launched by Ministry of Agriculture in 2022, its objective is expand national production to meet between 45% and 50% of domestic demand.Currently, the Brazil imports 85% of the input consumed in the country. A The factory had halted its operations in 2019.when the Petrobras had to halt a series of investments in the sector of fertilizers. In 2020, to the Unigel was responsible for the operations.that It also halted operations in 2023.due to the high costs of natural gasOnly in 2025The oil company has regained control over the plant. The expectation is that… Petrobras to become responsible for 35% of the production of this input in the coming years. To achieve this goal, the state-owned company has also resumed operations of Fafen of Sergipe in December of last year. The oil company is also looking to finalize the works on Nitrogen Fertilizer Unit (NFU) III, located in Three Lagoonsno Mato Grosso do Sul.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.