The monotony of soybean monoculture dominates the landscape in many areas of Mato Grosso and other Brazilian states. The regularity of rains in the Cerrado biome – Brazil’s savannah - favours this crop at the start of the rainy season, in September or October, and allows a second planting of corn or cotton before the dry season. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS
RÍO DE JANEIRO, May 4 2021 (IPS) - “Rainfall is fundamental; the streams and rivers we have would not suffice for irrigation, even if they were the Amazon River,” said Dirceu Dezem, referring to the amount of water required for the extensive crops in Brazil’s midwest.