Due to harvest cycles and the high need for investment, agribusiness requires large amounts of financing. Some of this need is met by government programs, such as the Harvest Plan, but the sector's growth has led producers to seek out capital markets.
The 2022/23 Plan will provide a total of R$340 billion to producers—only about R$401 billion of the sector's total financing needs, which the Ministry of Agriculture estimates to be R$800 billion. The market has already been working to fill this gap, including with the emergence of new products.
Created in August 2021, the Agroindustrial Production Chain Investment Fund (FIAGRO) is a product that opens up new fundraising opportunities for agribusiness. In just over a year since its inception, FIAGRO has attracted over 100,000 investors and is poised to become one of the main bridges between individual investors and the agricultural sector. Diversifying the budgets means greater liquidity for a range of assets—financial and real (rural real estate)—and more powerful funding than the government can provide.

