Agriculture in Brazil

Brazil is a country that is endowed with vast agricultural resources. Brazilian agriculture is also well diversified, and hence the country would be largely self-sufficient in food.

Half of Brazil is covered by forests, with the largest rain forest in the world located in the Amazon Basin. And there are two distinct agricultural areas in Brazil.

The first, composed of the southern one-half to two-thirds of the country, has a semi-temperate climate and higher rainfall, better arable soils, higher technology and input use, adequate infrastructure, as well as having more experienced farmers. Producing and exporting of Brazil's grains and oil seeds are mostly done here.

However the other area, located in the drought-ridden northeast region, in the Amazon basin, lacks well-distributed rainfall, good soil, adequate infrastructure, and sufficient development capital. Although mostly occupied by subsistence farmers, the latter regions are increasingly important as exporters of forest products, cocoa, and tropical fruits. Central Brazil contains substantial areas of grassland with only scattered trees. The Brazilian grasslands are less fertile than those of North America and are generally more suited for grazing. Plantations are less often found in this area.

Drought in Brazil

 This leads to the first region to have a better economy, where they can sell all of their crops for money for their people. The second region would have a hard time with this because they would not have as many crops to sell. 

Brazil is the world's largest producer and exporter of sugarcane, coffee, soybeans, orange juice, tobacco, forest products, nuts, other tropical fruits and cocoa.

Exported agricultural and food products, accounts for about 35% of the country's exports.