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B B U U S S P P OR OR A A Z Z IL IL BRAZIL’S
OP OP I 3 I N N B B R R BIOMES

PRIMARY

SECTOR

Agribusiness

Modern, efficient and competitive, Brazil has
grown into one of the world’s largest agricul-
tural producers and exporters in the past two
decades. Gains in productivity, management ef-
ficiency, research, innovation and technological
development have revolutionized the country’s
agribusiness sector. Combined with the largest
arable land area in the world – 388 million hect-
ares (almost 960 million acres) of farmable, fertile
land – and rising demand to feed a growing global
population that is expected to reach 9 billion by
2050, the fundamentals driving demand for agri-
business in Brazil are strong. AMAZON RAINFOREST 49,29%
Brazil’s leadership in the agribusiness sector CERRADO 23,92%
has been achieved as a result of favorable growing ATLANTIC FOREST 13,04%
conditions and long-term investment in tropical
farming technology research and development. CAATINGA 9,92%
The climate is conducive to agricultural produc- PAMPA 2,07%
tion, with much of Brazil receiving over 1,200 mil- PANTANAL 1,76%
limeters of rain each year and abundant sunlight.
This allows for two crop cycles per year without
the need for irrigation in some regions. TOTAL AREA 8,514,877 KM 2

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