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World

Brazil's Rising Food Power in a Hungry World

A record soybean harvest highlights the nation's growing agricultural output

Posted May 8, 2008

Reader Comments

good direction

I hope in the next few years BRASIL will be the #1 country.Our economy is very stable, our president had done a very good job. I believe that in the future we will be helping others countries.If all of us help a litle bit we can make the diference. Now is the time to Brasil to help the americans in our homeland, because USA have had done so much for us. I am very thankfull of USA

good direction

I hope in the next few years BRASIL will be the #1 country.Our economy is very stable, our president had done a very good job. I believe that in the future we will be helping others countries.If all of us help a litle bit we can make the diference. Now is the time to Brasil to help the americans in our homeland, because USA have had done so much for us. I am very thankfull.

Birth control also

Just because Brazil will rule the world in agriculture so it can feed this starving planet, shouldn't mean that a family should go right a head and have 4 or 5 kids. Our governments should have incentives for families so they should have 2 or 3 kids the most. Free colleges for those families would be a great start, if not instead of coming to good USA, they will go stright to Brazil, including americans that hate immigrants. Sarcastic thought but looking at the future as things are getting worse and worse...

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Brazil Farms

Does anyone know firsthand how the cost of a typical 500Ha farm compares to that of a similar one in the U.S.?

benchmark

micro finance , entreprenuership with innovation ,balanced life style without giving away its roots , what it is doing with strong agro based fundamentals be it fodder for ethenol and now food grainary to the world : i think India must take some lessons from Brazil .

End/Begin of an Era

Many tend to think that an American initiative must be behind each accomplishment and/or progress in the world. As if all intelligence and creative thought/action need to reside in the US.

That's a very narrow mind set. The US needs to be prepared to the shift and more even distribution of power that is shaping the world these days. As far this country is prepared to see reality the better.

The agricultural development in Brazil has absolute no relationship with the small number of farmers from the US that moved to Brazil.

In fact, agricultural development in Brazil is being noted in the 15 years and it is getting stronger due to the booming economy and the expansion of credit offering, farmers in Brazil these days have access to credit lines that never existed before.

The agriculture development in Brazil has its roots in Japasonese and Italian immigrigants, dating 100-70 years. (Post WWI and WWII)

Soy and the Amazon

Is there a potential environmental threat to the Amazon region due to this increase in cultivation?

try you best

our world need it , and Brizial can fill the needs. that ok, i think

try you best

our world need it , and Brizial can fill the needs. that ok, i think

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