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Institutional development · Rankings, reputation and performance · Brazil

Forbes Brasil names two UFSC graduates among 100 most powerful women in agribusiness

Two graduates of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) appear in a Forbes Brasil ranking of the 100 most powerful women in Brazil's agribusiness sector, published in October 2026.

Photo: Airtonjordani / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Why it matters: The Federal University of Santa Catarina can point to two of its graduates featured in Forbes Brasil's ranking of leading women in Brazilian agribusiness.

The Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) reported that two of its graduates are among the 100 most powerful women in Brazil's agribusiness sector.

According to the university, the ranking was published in October 2026 by Forbes Brasil, the Brazilian edition of Forbes magazine.

The university's report names researcher Ana Paula Zapelini de Melo in connection with the listing.

Editor’s view

Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor

The recognition concerns two graduates of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, which has highlighted the Forbes Brasil listing in its newsroom's media-coverage section.

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