Total Area: 8,515,770 sq km
Land Area: 8,358,140 sq km Water Area: 157,630 sq km Climate Description: Mostly tropical, but temperate in south Terrain Description: Rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains Arable Land Use: 718,800 sq km Permanent Crop Land Use: 66,865 sq km Irrigated Land: 54,000 sq km Total Renewable Water Resources: 5,661 billion cubic meters Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 74.83 billion cubic meters Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 27,470 cubic meters Natural Hazards Description: Droughts in northeast; floods and frost in south Environmental Current Issues: Deforestation in Amazon Basin; poaching animals in Amazon; water pollution in Rio de Janeiro Total Labor Force: 110.4 million Percent of Labor Force in Agriculture: 15.7% Agricultural Products Description: Coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus, beef |
Brazil is the top orange juice exporter in the world.
Link: https://www.investing.com/news/commodities-news/brazil-agriculture-booms,-even-as-grain-prices-wobble-265837 |
Brazil produces 1/3 of the world's coffee.
Link: https://www.agronomy.org/science-news/study-finds-coffee-varieties-brazil-have-low-genetic-diversity |
Brazil has turned themselves from an importing country to the second largest exporter of agricultural products.
Link: http://www.technologycraze.net/science-tech/microsoft-companies-fund-technology-brazil-agriculture/ |
Brazil is the fifth largest greenhouse gas emitter.
Link: http://www.wri.org/blog/2014/05/new-tool-low-carbon-agriculture-brazil |
Cattle farming is one of the largest reasons for an increase in deforestation in Brazil.
Link: https://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/examining-new-sustainable-beef-production-certification-brazil#.WNQ-JDvytEY |