Agriculture in Brazil
While Brazil is considered a melting pot of many individuals of various ethnicities, the abundant agricultural resources really shape the cuisine of this nation. Brazil is well known for its agricultural resources. The most significant products are coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus, and beef. The most significant exports are coffee, soybeans, beef, sugar cane, ethanol, and frozen chickens. In Southern Brazil specifically, the soils are very fertile and it is semi-temperate with a moderate climate. There is also higher rainfall and it is home to more advanced farming technologies. This particular area produces most of the grains for the country and exports crops and oilseeds (Brazil Agriculture). Opposite of Southern Brazil, Northeastern Brazil suffers from droughts, lacks infrastructure, and there isn’t any good soil. The inhabitants of these parts are mainly subsistence farmers, meaning they live off of what they make. Central Brazil has also been known to be “unsuitable for farming”. However, nowadays it is booming, used for mechanized crop and agriculture. While mainly used for livestock, it was found that soybeans thrived in e3/"[;'[the conditions of Central Brazil (Brazil Agriculture). |
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Sustainability
While there are great amounts of food production, there is an equally great environmental danger. The Amazon rainforest is home to many diverse animals and plants, and is a huge benefactor in the amount of oxygen on this earth. Due to deforestation and all the cattle farming, the Amazon rainforest is being ruined. As population increases and the demand for food increases, the Amazon is in grave danger (Tollefson, Jeff).
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Core Foods
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The following shows what percentage of Brazilian adults eat which food regularly:
Brazil is the “global leader” of sugarcane production. The next two biggest exports from Brazil are cattle farming and is the second-largest producer of soybeans (Brazil Agriculture).
- white rice (80.9%)
- coffee (80.5%)
- black beans (69.9%)
- refined sugar (63.8%)
- bread rolls (57.5%)
Brazil is the “global leader” of sugarcane production. The next two biggest exports from Brazil are cattle farming and is the second-largest producer of soybeans (Brazil Agriculture).
Gallery- Typical meals
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Cited sources:
Ajos, Luiz Antonio dos, Vivian Wahrlich, Maricio Teixeira Leite de Vasconcellos, Danielle Ribeiro de Souza, Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto, William Waissmann, Ruth Liane Henn, Sinara Laurini Rossato, Ana Eliza Port Lourenço, and Ana Weigart Bressan. “Development of a Food Frequency Questionnaire ina Probabilistic Sample of Adults from Niterói, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.” Cadernos De Saúde Pública, 26.11 (2010): 2196.
This article was written to generate a list of foods for a questionnaire on food-frequency. In this article, it shows what percentage of the main foods Brazilian adults eat. This article is valuable to me because I can see what the core foods of Brazil are.
Brazil Agriculture. "www.brazil.org.za." Brazil, n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2016. <http://www.brazil.org.za/agriculture.html>
The authors of this web page are writing to the general public to educate them about Brazil, and it is controlled by the Brazilian government. This webpage offers a brief description of the agricultural exports and foods that grow well in which regions of the nation. This source is valuable because it helps to paint a picture of the agricultural culture in such a large, fertile country.
"Brazil Cuisine." Brazil. Brazil.org, n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2016. <http://www.brazil.org.za/brazil-cuisine.html>.
This web page was created to spread knowledge about Brazil to the public. This page explains common meals of Brazil and it’s “melting pot” culture. This page is helpful to me in that I can see what the meals people enjoy consist of and pull an understanding of how agriculture and customs come together to make a meal.
Tollefson, Jeff. "The global farm: with its plentiful sun, water and land, Brazil is quickly surpassing other countries in food production and exports. But can it continue to make agricultural gains without destroying the Amazon? Jeff Tollefson reports from Brazil." Nature 466.7306 (2010): 554+. Academic OneFile. Web. 10 Sept. 2016.
This article was written to educate people about the possible future of the Amazon rainforest. This article appreciates the amount of food coming from Brazil and its amazing resources, but if productivity continues to increase as it is, the Amazon will cease to exist. This would hurt the environment of the entire world. This article is useful to me because while furthering the information I have about Brazil’s agriculture, I also gain information about the cost to these great amounts of food produced.
This article was written to generate a list of foods for a questionnaire on food-frequency. In this article, it shows what percentage of the main foods Brazilian adults eat. This article is valuable to me because I can see what the core foods of Brazil are.
Brazil Agriculture. "www.brazil.org.za." Brazil, n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2016. <http://www.brazil.org.za/agriculture.html>
The authors of this web page are writing to the general public to educate them about Brazil, and it is controlled by the Brazilian government. This webpage offers a brief description of the agricultural exports and foods that grow well in which regions of the nation. This source is valuable because it helps to paint a picture of the agricultural culture in such a large, fertile country.
"Brazil Cuisine." Brazil. Brazil.org, n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2016. <http://www.brazil.org.za/brazil-cuisine.html>.
This web page was created to spread knowledge about Brazil to the public. This page explains common meals of Brazil and it’s “melting pot” culture. This page is helpful to me in that I can see what the meals people enjoy consist of and pull an understanding of how agriculture and customs come together to make a meal.
Tollefson, Jeff. "The global farm: with its plentiful sun, water and land, Brazil is quickly surpassing other countries in food production and exports. But can it continue to make agricultural gains without destroying the Amazon? Jeff Tollefson reports from Brazil." Nature 466.7306 (2010): 554+. Academic OneFile. Web. 10 Sept. 2016.
This article was written to educate people about the possible future of the Amazon rainforest. This article appreciates the amount of food coming from Brazil and its amazing resources, but if productivity continues to increase as it is, the Amazon will cease to exist. This would hurt the environment of the entire world. This article is useful to me because while furthering the information I have about Brazil’s agriculture, I also gain information about the cost to these great amounts of food produced.