Data for road density refers to 2011. Since the mid-1990s, it has undertaken important institutional and regulatory reforms in the infrastructure sectors, and in the mid-2000s public investment in infrastructure was significantly increased through various federal and state programmes. Governments at the federal and state levels also introduced various tax and credit incentives to increase private investment in infrastructure (Box 5.1). Several projects implemented by the Ministry of Transport and the Secretariat of Sea Ports are not specific to agriculture but have high potential to improve the capacity and the time involved in the handling and transport of agricultural commodities. This includes projects such as “Intelligent Logistic Chain,” “Port without Paper,” “Port 24 Hours,” and projects to improve port perimeter zones.