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People around the world depend on agriculture for their most basic needs: food, clothing and energy. As global population continues to soar, farmers everywhere will need to increase production while conserving precious resources like water and arable land in order to keep up with demand. From the large-scale corn grower in Mexico to the subsistence farmer in Burkina Faso growing just enough to feed her family, the objectives are simple: producing more and conserving more. By 2030 Monsanto is committed to helping farmers double their yields in corn, soybeans, cotton and canola from 2000 levels while using a third less resources. The country snapshots summarize the state of agriculture in various countries today to give a sense of their progress in making agriculture more productive and more sustainable.
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Brazil
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| Population in thousands (2010) | 195,423 |
| Average life expectancy (2008) | 72 |
| GDP per capita (2008) | $9,840.75 |
| Gross GPD in billions (2008) | $1,920.75 |
| Agriculture's share of GDP (2006) | 5.1% |
| Population below poverty line (2007) | 5.21% |
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Bordering the Atlantic Ocean along the eastern coast of South America, Brazil has a population of over 195 million (2010). Agriculture employs 20 percent of the country’s population (2003) and accounts for 5.1 percent of the country’s GDP (2006). Brazil’s major agricultural products include soybeans, corn, coffee, wheat, rice, sugarcane, cocoa and citrus. Brazil is the world’s second largest producer of soybeans and has one of the world’s highest soybean yields. In 2008, Brazilian farmers grew biotech soybeans, corn and cotton on a total of 15.8 million hectares, the world’s third largest area of biotech crops. Since adoption, farm income gains from biotech crops have been $2.9 billion. To learn more about Brazil’s agriculture production and the role it plays in feeding, clothing and fueling the world, see the charts below.
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