Tag: food production
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Farming superpower Brazil spreads its know-how
Christian Science Monitor: Farming superpower Brazil spreads its know-how Planaltino, Brazil - As a young soil scientist, Edson Lobato looked out at the vast savanna of central Brazil and imagined fields of soy, corn, and cotton where most saw an inhospitable mass of red earth and tangled trees. His friends and family urged him to…
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India sees food crisis easing as plantings rise across the world
LiveMint.com: India sees food crisis easing as plantings rise across the world Farmers from Australia to China have increased plantings of wheat, corn, rice and soya bean, helping stockpiles gain from 30-year lows. Mumbai / New Delhi: A worldwide food crisis that sent wheat, corn and rice prices to records and sparked riots earlier this…