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Sao Desiderio, Brazil (AFP) Oct 20, 2023 - People thought she was crazy when Carminha Maria Missio and her family bought what was considered sterile land in the Brazilian savanna to farm soybeans, she says.
SÃO DESIDÉRIO (Brazil), Oct 22 People thought she was crazy when Carminha Maria Missio and her family bought what was considered “sterile” land in the Brazilian savanna.
Little-known outside Brazil, the Cerrado is Earth's most biodiverse savanna, nicknamed the "cradle of waters" for its vital rivers and aquifers
People thought she was crazy when Carminha Maria Missio and her family bought what was considered "sterile" land in the Brazilian savanna to farm soybeans, she says.Missio, a beaming grandmother named one of the most powerful women in agriculture by Forbes Brasil, remembers the surprised reactions when her poor southern family sold their land in 1979 and moved across the country to the "Cerrado," a huge savanna below the Amazon rainforest.