1. Brazil: Changing Global Agriculture
Mato Grosso

2. Cerrado Region of Brazil
noun, plural cerrados. [Portuguese si-rah-doo s] Ecology. 1. a type of plains community characterized by vegetation ranging from tropical broadleaf woodlands to scrublands, occurring in extensive areas of Brazil. Dictionary.com

3. 1. Brazil’s new breadbasket
Go to the Following web site and scroll down for Data on Mato Grosso

4. 2. Impact of Brazil’s Agriculture on World (6 min – 11min)
The benefits of the Brazilian Green Revolution (CLICK HERE)
Be sure to also read: Cremaq, Piaui   The Miracle of the Cerrado: Brazil has revolutionized its own farms.  Can it do the same for others?  Economist 8/26/2010 (click).

5. Nothing Short of Miraculous
Between 1996 and 2006 output increase
23 billion reais to 108 billion
365% increase in output
Now no. 1

6. Govt. Farm Subsidies Modest
5.7% in Brazil
12% in US
29% in EU
EMBRAPA – Brazilian Agriculture Reseach Corporation

7. Future Needs

8. Brazil Model – Major Points
More land under cultivation
More water used (38” average rainfall)
Targeted soil improvement
New “tropical” crop varieties

9. EMBRAPA: Major points Liming of soil – decrease acidity
Soil improvement -- Rhizobium bacteria breeding to increase legume nitrogen fixation (basically plant legumes with no-till or plowing methods)
New forage crop imported from tropical Africa (3 times the production of native grasses)
Soy Beans breed to be tropical crop
Traditional hybrid selections
Now GMOs
Short cycle variety – two cropping agriculture
New Farming techniques
– no till planting
- Mix livestock pasture, field cropping, forests
EMBRAPA: Major points

10. Major Problem: Transport
Think infrastructure as in type of projects funded by ????

11. Africa Next? Africa has land, but much less rain
Could the new and improved “tropical” crops thrive in Africa?
EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) – exists in Brazil, can Africa benefit from its reseach
“Systems Approach” – need to address multiple issues simultaneously

12. Recent Assessment of AG

13. 3. Broader Look at Brazilian Agriculture (6 min – 20min)
The Arid Northeast
Three stories

14. 4. The Yankees are coming! (2 min)

15. 5. US Cooperation with Brazil (3 min – 27min)
Farmer OPEC?

16. 6. Where will Brazil’s next expansion occur? (3 min – 30min)

17. Liming and improving soil

18. 7. Resource for the World? (10min – run for about 5 – 35min)
Call to Indian Investors

19. What about Africa???
John Vidal reports from Ethiopia's remote Gambella region, where foreign investors are pouring in to exploit land the government has cleared of people Read John Vidal's report from Gambella

20. https://ig.ft.com/sites/land-rush-investment/ethiopia/

21. 8. Synthesis – Agriculture Brazilian Style or Cuban Style – where to go? (17min – 52min—run to end)
Terra Culture – Jonathan Foley