reporter
Name Affiliation Title Shohei Kashiwagi Deputy Director, Brazil Office
Event Summary
Date: November 21, 2025
Organized by JICA
Venue Name (Pavilion Name)：Agri-Zone
speaker
Name Affiliation Title SAFTA Seminar “New Signposts for Sustainable Amazonian Agriculture (Part 2)” Shohei Kashiwagi, Deputy Director, JICA Brazil Office Keiichi Alberto Otobata, President, CAMTA Oswaldo Ryohei Katoh, President, CAMTA (Cooperative Agricultural Mutual of Tomeas, Eastern Amazon Brazil) Researcher, Embrapa Mauro Costa Natura Senior Supply Chain Manager Juliana Orel Oakberry Head of Sustainability Department
Background and Objectives
In conjunction with COP30, the Japanese government established the Japan Pavilion, a public relations space to disseminate information on Japan’s outstanding technologies and initiatives under the theme of “Solutions to The World.
In conjunction with this event, JICA Brazil held a seminar and tour on Tomeas-style agroforestry (SAFTA), the result of many years of cooperation in Tomeas, a Japanese settlement near the host city of Belém, as an official side event. Japanese immigration to Tomeas began in 1929, and agriculture developed with pepper cultivation. After the 1970s, when the area was affected by disease, agroforestry (SAF), in which pepper and fruit trees are planted together, was introduced, and JICA, through the establishment of an agricultural experiment station and support for processing facilities, has been working to develop a sustainable agricultural model, called SAFTA is highly regarded in Brazil and abroad as a successful example of family farming in harmony with the restoration of degraded land and forest conservation. Sharing practical knowledge from the region (SAFTA) on the international stage of COP30 is expected to demonstrate Japan’s contribution to addressing climate change and to arouse interest in the SAFTA agricultural value chain in harmony with forests. It was also expected to arouse interest in the SAFTA agricultural value chain in harmony with forests.
Contents
(1) November 21, 22025 (SAFTA: New Signposts for Sustainable Amazonian Agriculture (Part 2))
The Tomeasú-style agroforestry system together with companies, research institutions, and producers was shown to play an important role in sustainable agriculture, climate change action, local economic revitalization, youth participation, and science, technology, and business collaboration, and was discussed as a key to future innovation in the agricultural sector in the Amazon region. Potential points were discussed.
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