The thing is that Brazil has a world’s largest arable land area- 76 million hectares. Despite the contribution into the GDP is only 4.5%, Brazil is very efficient in terms of agriculture. The number of people employed in this sector is 11.6 million. This country has the second biggest amount of livestock- 165 million animal units. It also leads in production …show more content…
Many products are exported to foreign countries. For instance, Brazil is one of the biggest exporter of soya products and beef. Russian Federation is the main country-importer of Brazilian meat, which is 40% of the exported amount. There are 10 million tons of sugar produced annually, and 30% of this amount is exported. The top five export crops: coffee, cacao, cotton, sugarcane and soya cover 32% of planted acreage.
Now, after I have presented you the major facts about Brazilian agro-industry, let us deepen into this question. Firstly, I would like to provide some geographical information. There are three regions with biggest agricultural production: southern, northeast and central regions. All these three regions have one common feature, which influences directly the agricultural production- …show more content…
Brazilian agribusiness uses modern technologies such as new varieties and cultivars (adapted to non-native ecosystems, with a higher yield in a given environmental set of conditions, resistance and/or tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses); new machinery and equipment, fertilizers and agrochemicals. The main thing are new agricultural practices and innovative production systems, which provide greater efficiency in water and nutrient use, and accommodation of multiple crop cycles in a year.
In case of development of Brazilian Cerrado into agricultural space, a big variety of modern technologies was applied. These technologies have allowed Cerrado to become one of the biggest beef and grain producers. Innovations, which has been applied include improved soil fertility, new plant varieties, zero-tillage systems and modern crop and livestock systems. The very important fact is that these technologies have prevented deforestation and have been