DECADES OF INCREASING maize and soyabean manufacturing have turned Brazil into an agricultural powerhouse. They’ve additionally led to the destruction of huge swathes of the Amazon rainforest. That has lengthy put farmers and environmentalists at loggerheads. However a research launched in October by the Federal College of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and Rainforest Basis Norway (RFN) reveals the extent to which deforestation is hurting farmers too.
