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With global food need increasing, but less new agricultural land available, progressive agricultural methods are needed to feed the world. See some of those methods in action in Brazil.Key facts
- In the last decade, Brazil's agriculture has been revolutionised, resulting in a 365% increase in crop production.
- New farming techniques have provided more arable land in Brazil, neutralising acidic soil and carving grazing land from areas of the rainforest.
- Crop-livestock integration techniques help to avoid over-grazing or over-growing within areas of land.
- Crop-livestock integration avoids further deforestation as more is produced on the same amount of land.
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The amount of Earth's land used for farming has increased dramatically over the last 300 years.
Earth's land used for agriculture:
7% in 1700
40% in 2000
According to the United Nations, global food production must double by 2050, if we are to feed the planet's growing population.
With a finite amount of natural, …
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