Despite being the third-largest producer and consumer of beer worldwide, Brazil depends almost entirely on hop imports. Less ...

Rural farmers in Brazil could double their income by taking up “plant-based agroforestry,” according to a new report ...

Brazil's potash imports carry higher carbon footprints than models predict, Newcastle research finds.

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Soy farming has been linked to a rise in child cancer deaths in Brazil, the world's biggest producer and exporter of the oilseed and one of the top users of pesticides for ...

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Brazilian chicken exports are expected to rise up to 0.5% this year to 5.32 million ...

Corn-based ethanol production in Brazil has more than tripled since the turn of the decade while cane-based ethanol output has flattened. Brazil's cane mills can produce either sugar or ethanol from ...

RIACHAO DAS NEVES, Brazil (Reuters) - In the Brazilian state of Bahia, farmer Moises Schmidt is developing the world's largest cocoa farm. His plan is to revolutionize the way the main ingredient in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Plans by Luis Inacio Lula da Silva to revive vast swaths of degraded pasture are key to his push to protect Brazil's Amazon without alienating ...

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's state of Para has delayed the deadline for the introduction of tracking ...