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Nature Food quantifies for the first time the impact that double-cropping had on helping Brazil achieve its national grain boom. Jing Gao, assistant professor of. view more
Credit: Photo illustration by Tammy Beeson
From 1980 to 2016, grain production in Brazil increased more than fourfold, and the country now stands as the world s largest soybean exporter and the second largest exporter of corn. The two main drivers of this increase in food production were cropland expansion and double-cropping, harvesting two crops, such as corn and soybeans, from the same field in a single year.
While cropland expansion has long been recognized as one of the drivers behind the increase in Brazil s agricultural output, a new study published in
Brazil s inflation exceeds eight percent year-on-year
Brazil s inflation exceeds eight percent year-on-year
Brasilia, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) The National Broad Consumer Price Index (measures inflation) in Brazil registered 0.83 percent in May and accumulated 8.06 inter-annual, a figure that exceeds market forecasts, the Government informed today.
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the percentage for this period appears above the objective target of 3.75 percent, with 1.5 tolerance points above and below.
The index was planned against May 2020, when it registered -0.38%, in the middle of the economic pause during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, and accumulates an increase of 3.22% in the first five months of the year.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The index gained momentum after starting the day ranging from losses to gains and achieved a new record high.
The Ibovespa registered its 7th consecutive high on Friday, June 4, surpassing the 130,000-point mark. Thus, the index posted gains of 3.63% in the week, marked by the continued commodities rally, which mainly benefits the shares of blue chips Petrobras (PETR3; PETR4) and Vale (VALE3) and the better-than-expected performance of Brazilian GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in the first quarter.
On Tuesday, June 1, the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) announced . . .
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