The rapid expansion of soybean farming in Brazil over the past decade has catapulted the South American nation to being the world’s biggest producer and exporter of the oilseed. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply in crop year 2011-12 (September-August), Brazil produced 66.5 million mt of beans, well behind 84.3 million mt .
Brazilian soybean production and environmental conservation initiatives are set to grow simultaneously, contrary to the general perception that rampant expansion in soybeans acreage has endangered Brazil’s flora and fauna through deforestation, climate change is a major worry for the country’s farming community too, Sergio De Zen, director of Agricultural Policy and Information at the Brazilian .
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