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Brazil is historically one of the best agricultural countries on which its economy based.

Around 41% of the total land is agriculture occupied in Brazil. It has an entire land of 2.1
billion acres and the area occupied by farming is almost 867.4 million acres in Brazil.
The country’s initial production priority was on sugarcane. Brazilian started farming
some 12,000 years ago, with many crops including sweet potatoes, maize, peanuts,
tobacco, and many more.

Agriculture in Brazil
• In the production of sugarcane, Brazil is the world leader, and it produces 600
million-plus tonnes every year.
• Brazil is the 2nd largest producer of soybeans in the world and worldwide these
beans used in a vast quantity.
• Brazil is the globe’s largest exporter of coffee, beef, ethanol, and soybean.
• Around 7% of Brazil’s land area is utilized for crop production that includes
soybeans.
⅓ of the planet’s oranges are produced in Brazil.

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