date:Feb 20, 2019
provide edible oil and livestock protein feed. Its use is also boosted by the biofuel sector which uses the crop to produce an alternative to fossil energy. But soy production comes with other types of costs, namely for the environment and local communities.
Brazil is the world's leading soybeans exporter due to the boom in animal feed production caused by the global rise in meat demand and the Cerrado region provides more than 70 percent of the beef cattle production in the country. Other grai