Government defines rules to measure agricultural losses due to climate

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) published in the Official Gazette of the Union Ordinance No. 114/2025, which establishes the methodology for measuring agricultural income losses of eligible municipalities, as a criterion for access to the credit line intended for the renegotiation of rural debts, provided for in art. 1, of Resolution No. 5.247/2025 of the National Monetary Council (CMN). 

The publication also lists the municipalities where rural producers can access the rural credit line to settle or amortize debt operations related to activities affected by adverse weather events. The credit line stems from Provisional Measure No. 1.314/2025, which authorized the creation of the credit line, and Provisional Measure No. 1.316/2025, which established an extraordinary credit line of R$12 billion. 

In total, 1.363 Brazilian municipalities are eligible to seek renegotiation. These are: in the North Region: RO (5), AM (17), RR (1), PA (8), TO (1); in the Northeast Region: MA (10), PI (82), CE (55), RN (89), PB (150), PE (101), AL (45), SE (7), BA (82); in the Southeast Region: MG (123), ES (8), RJ (9), SP (5); in the South Region: PR (50), SC (108), RS (403); finally, in the Central-West Region: MS (2) and GO (2). 

Additionally, on October 10, CMN Resolution No. 5.257 was published, amending Resolution No. 5.247 to allow, in replacement of the criteria set out in item I of § 2, access to the credit line by rural producers and agricultural production cooperatives, in their capacity as rural producers, whose financed enterprise, subject to liquidation or amortization, is located in municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul that have declared a state of public calamity or emergency for at least three years in the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2024. 

On Monday (13), a new Ordinance SPA/Mapanº 117/2025 was published with the list of 56 municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul eligible under the new criteria. Thus, according to the Secretary of Agricultural Policy at Mapa, Guilherme Campos, rural producers and cooperatives from 1.419 Brazilian municipalities are eligible to renegotiate their rural debts, at favorable interest rates, which vary between 6% and 10% per year, with a payment term of up to 9 years.