date:May 30, 2014
ental risks.
Following criticism from green groups and foreign food retailers in past years, most large and medium-sized agricultural companies operating locally have banned buying grains or cattle produced in areas recently deforested.
According to the WRI, agriculture accounts for about 13 percent of global emissions of heat-trapping gases. Brazil ranks second to China among the largest GHG emitters from agriculture.
In addition to emissions typically associated with farming, such as methan