Agriculture Flourishing in Brazil
July 2, 2010| |
A short country report on Agriculture in Brazil is recently published at the Bayer CropScience Website. The report describes how Brazil has developed into an economically significant state in Latin America due to export trade, a robust agribusiness sector, a wide range export products, and the utilization and growth of new technologies.
Brazil is already the world's largest supplier of sugar, coffee, soybean, beef, poultry, ethanol, orange juice and tobacco. In support of the country's economic development, Bayer CropScience will lead Brazilian sugarcane technology center on to research and development of biotech sugarcane varieties. The main goal is to develop varieties with higher sugar content, aiming to increase the production efficiency of ethanol. Sugarcane is the most productive crop for economically viable renewable energy with the best CO2 balance. Other modern technologies are being harnessed to improve the supply of export products.
According to Arturo Peyloubet, Marketing Director for Bayer CropScience in Brazil, "Brazilians are very receptive to new technologies that help boost yields. This is also shown by the fast adoption of new seeds and optimized hybrid varieties among farmers." The problem on adequate farm to market roads needs immediate attention for Brazil to continue its uphill climb in the economic ladder.
See the report at http://www.bayercropscience.com/BCSWeb/CropProtection.nsf/id/EN_Editorial_Service_Issue_14_Brazil
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