Drought in Brazil intensifies! More than 3000 cities report drought and poor harvests in agricultural industries such as coffee

According to Brazilian media reports, the Brazilian National Meteorological Agency (INMET) issued a warning on July 31st that central Brazil is expected to remain dry and have low relative humidity. And the last rain in central Brazil is in mid-late April this year, although June to October is the dry season every year, but this year's dry season in central Brazil is drier and hotter than usual.

The government of the Brazilian state of Acre announced on the 30th that the state has entered a 180-day state of emergency due to drought affecting the entire Amaz ô nia, causing drought and water shortage, causing fires and ground subsidence. According to the Akley state government in a statement, the state's river water level has fallen sharply since June, although it has rained, but the rainfall is insufficient, and the rainfall shows signs of continuing to decline.

The neighboring Amazon state (Amazonas) earlier reported that 20 cities were in a state of emergency due to drought, and this year's drought will exceed the level of the same period last year. At the same time, due to frequent fires in the southern part of the state and the Manaus metropolitan area, the number of fires in the state reached a record 783 in a single day, so most cities in the state have entered a 180-day state of environmental emergency.

In addition, as the dry season will last until October, the water levels of Brazil's major rivers are also falling, and experts point out that by October, the water levels of the rio Solim á es, Amazon, rio Negro and rio Madeira rivers will reach "the most critical" levels, and the government is worried that last year's historic drought will be repeated this year, which will have a serious impact on many Brazilian industries.

The National drought Monitoring and warning Center (Cemaden) classifies the degree of drought in cities into four categories: extreme, severe, severe and weak. At present, more than 3000 cities in Brazil are in these four types of drought, of which 1024 are in a state of extreme or severe drought. The worst affected states include Amazonas, Acre, ESP í rito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul Sul Mato Grosso and S ã o Paulo, all of which have experienced drought.

In June, the state of Sao Paulo had its worst fire in the past decade, while the air humidity became lower. In the state of Espiritu Santo, the state is on alert as a result of a drought that has lowered the water level of the reservoir. In addition, the poor harvest of coffee and other agricultural products in the state has caused some farmers to suffer losses of millions of reais.

Not only that, the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais are not optimistic, with more than 90 per cent of cities in a state of drought. Moreover, the soil moisture in Minas Gerais is approaching a very low level, with an average of less than 50%, especially in the southern part of Minas Gerais, where soil water storage is less than 42.6%. 20% of the cities in Minas Gerais are in a state of emergency.

According to Cooxupe, Brazil's largest coffee cooperative, the recent weather performance is not conducive to coffee growth, and it has not rained in many places for more than three months, and according to the weather report, the rainfall in August is still zero.

As for the current drought, local farmers said they can only pay attention to whether it will rain as scheduled at the end of the dry season from September to October, which will be good for crops. But at the same time, the upcoming La Nina weather may once again affect the weather in Brazil and eventually seriously damage the production of Brazilian coffee in the next season.

Due to recent reports of drought in Brazil, lower-than-expected production, and shortages of coffee stocks in Vietnam, coffee prices remain high, leading a number of coffee makers in Europe and the United States to increase the prices of their coffee products. At present, the situation in many countries has not improved, and the market believes that prices will remain high for a long time.