The Ministry of Agriculture estimates a growth of over 24%, or 75.5 mi tons. The result will stem chiefly from in soybean, corn, and cotton crops. “The domestic market, exports, and productivity gains should be the top drivers for the next decade,” the ministry reported.
Regarded as the spice of beer, hops are usually imported in 400-gram containers that can cost as much as BRL 300. Agricultural research agency Embrapa is testing bio-based ingredients to make seedlings grow faster.
Brazil’s share in the global food market leapt from $20.6 billion to $100 billion in just ten years. Among the items standing out were meat, soybeans, corn, cotton, and forest products.
The Genetic Resources and Biotechnology unit of Brazil’s agricultural research corporation Embrapa sent to Norway a shipment containing 3,438 genetic samples that will be deposited in the world’s largest seed bank, in Longyearbyen, in the arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
In 50 years, Brazil left its position as importer of food to become a leading nation in farming, which has encouraged other countries to replicate Brazil’s experience in their territories, said Celso Moretti, president of the Brazilian Corporation of Agricultural Research (Emb
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