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  • Chinese state group BBCA to build maize processing factory in Brazil

    CHINA, 2013/04/28 Chinese national group BBCA is expected to invest US$320 million in building a factory to process maize in Maracaju, in the Brazilian national of Mato Grosso do Sul, under the terms of a document signed Tuesday in Beijing. Governor André Puccinelli, who signed the transaction, said that this was the biggest project carried out by a Chinese company in Mato Grosso do Sul, which was completed following three years of negotiation “mainly on a legal level.”
  • Brazil haverst biodiversity achievements (12/5/2011)

    BRAZIL, 2011/05/12 The World Bank and Biodiversity
  • The Brazilian Agriculture will help to fight hunger and inflation

    BRAZIL, 2011/03/12 The present increase in agricultural prices, which presently overshadows the boost seen in 2008, highlights the part that Brazil could make towards decrease the growing hunger and inflation that are threatening the world. The Brazilian agricultural sector is anticipated to grow additional than any other, expanding by 40 % between 2010 and 2019, which is twice the worldwide raise needed to meet the growing world request during this same decade, according to the FAO.
  • Brazil Agribusiness Analysis Q1 2011

    BRAZIL, 2011/01/23 The effect of La Niña, which was anticipated to bring dry weather to southern Brazil, have so far been restricted. Nevertheless, there are apprehensions over insignificant price differences and crop distribution that could lead to additional sliding revisions in grain crops.
  • Brazil fertilizer prices to remain stable in the short term

    BRAZIL, 2011/01/10 Sharp fluctuations of fertilizer prices in Brazil are not expected in the short term due to stable request in the early months of 2011, Rafael Ribeiro de Lima Filho, analyst with local consultancy firm Scot. In January and February, request for fertilizers normally slows and picks up again from March, de Lima explained.
  • 林业在印度

    印度, 2011/01/02 林业 主要政府企业 印度 哪些面孔减少的森林盖子区域的挑战由于 人口过剩, 种田 并且环境因素。 历史 大约500,000方形的公里,大约17% 印度‘s陆地面积,被看待 森林地区 在90年代。 在FY 1987年,然而,实际森林盖子是640,000方形的公里。 然而,因为超过这土地的50%是 贫瘠 或bushland,区域在有生产力的森林之下少于350,000方形的公里实际上是或者大约国家的陆地面积的10%。 日益增长的人口的高要求为森林资源通过80年代继续了森林的破坏和退化,采取重的通行费在土壤。 估计6十亿吨 表土 年年丢失了。 然而,印度的0.6%年平均率 砍伐森林 1981年为农业和非lumbering土地利用在十年起点是一个最低在世界上和在同水准与 巴西.
  • Maize production in 2010 is expected to be the second highest on record(24/10/2010)

    BRAZIL, 2010/10/24 Dry weather prevails over central Brazil In May 2010, average to above- average precipitation was recorded in the southern states of Brazil, in particular the leading producer states of Parana and Rio Grande do Sul, benefiting the second (safrinha) maize crop and the winter wheat crops. In contrast, from mid-April throughout the month of May, erratic rainfall and generally dry weather conditions prevailed over a broad area of central Brazil, in particular over the key maize producing national of Mato Grosso, and the North-eastern regions, where the maize crop is reported to have been affected.