Organic cultivation was officially recognized by the Lula government in 2003 with the enactment of Law 10,831, which established concepts, principles, general rules and procedures related to the production, marketing and recognition of organic products. In 2007, the Brazilian System of Organic Conformity Assessment, the SisOrg was created, whose main objective is to ensure not only the authenticity, but the quality of organic products. For marketing, organic products included in SisOrg will be marked with an official seal. In 2012 the National Policy for Agroecology and Organic Production (PNAPO) , was established, focused on the articulation and adequacy of policies and actions in the sector. Currently, part of the actions are the Agroecology: Appropriate Technologies for Organic Agriculture, Community Seed Banks and Plant Protection Products Approved for Use with Organic Agriculture for organic agriculture projects. The Federal Government also supports the Study Centers in Agroecology and Organic Production, formed by the school community involved with partner institutions in teaching, research and extension.

Brazil has the largest commercial herd in the world, is the largest beef exporter, the second largest producer of meat and the sixth largest producer of milk. In February 2014, the federal government announced the More Livestock Plan, focusing on overcoming the challenges in the production of beef and dairy cattle. This is a ten-year policy, with short, medium and long term goals. It consists of the More Milk and More Meat Programs. The goal of the More Milk is to increase production and productivity of Brazil’s dairy herd by 40% over the next decade, to 2000 liters / cow / year. The More Meat Program calls for increasing production by 40% and productivity by 100%. According to the program Brazil should now be able to raise 2.6 animals per hectare (compared to the current 1.3 current) without adding to the agricultural frontier. In addition to increasing production, the proposal provides for the release of 46.2 million hectares for other activities.

For the average rural producer, the Agricultural and Livestock Plan 2013/2014 provides for an increase of 29% in the resources offered for investment - for working capital and marketing the increase was 12.5%. There was also a reduction of 10% in interest rates for these producers, whose main sources of funding comes from the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), The Rural Savings Bank of Brazil and the Constitutional Financing Funds. The measures of the Plan include the allocation of R$ 5.16 billion exclusively for the National Support Program for Medium-sized Rural Producers (Pronamp). Also, within the Semi-Arid Crop Support Program, announced in 2013, are a planned R$ 3 billion to be shared by large and medium-sized producers for use in improvement activities in production and coping with problems typical of the semi-arid region.

Also in the Agricultural and Livestock Plan for the 2013/2014 season $ 3.24 billion in support for the Agricultural Cooperatives Capitalization Program (Procap- Agro), was announced,, including R$ 2.55 billion exclusively for working capital. As part of the Plan, Dilma added R$ 350 million to the Cooperative Development Program for Adding Value to Agricultural Production (Prodecoop), to be used primarily for storage infrastructure. Warehouses are an urgent need of Brazilian agribusiness, important instruments for the success of the process because they are fundamental for storing a large amount of what is produced. With them, the producer gains in the security of not losing what was produced and gains time to negotiate the best prices and delivery times possible.