Soybean crops in Brazil will almost double in 20 years and reach 25 times the area of rice and beans

The area occupied by soybean crops in Brazil should reach, in 2033, 55 million hectares – about 85% more than what it occupied in 2013. totaling 2.2 million hectares. This means that, in ten years' time, there will be 25 times more land in the country occupied by soy plantations than by rice and bean crops combined. Timeframe: soybean appetite for indigenous lands ignores global pressure against deforestation The forecasts are included in the study Projections of Agribusiness, Brazil 2022/23 to 2032/33, made by the Secretariat of Agricultural Policy, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) and by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa). It was published in July. The study provides an overview of national agricultural production and guides public investments in agricultural research in the country. Deforestation grows 22% in Brazil in 2022; agriculture is mainly responsible, says Mapbiomas According to him, grain production in Brazil should increase 24% in ...