Agriculture
Total Area: 8,514,877 sq km
Land Area: 8,459,417 sq km
Water Area: 55,460 sq km
Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in the south
Terrain: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt
Arable Land: 8.465%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.83%
Irrigated Land: 54,000 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 8,233 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): 58.07 cu km/yr (28%/17%/55%)
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 306 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards: recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south
Current Environmental Issues: deforestation in Amazon Basin destroys the habitat and endangers a multitude of plant and animal species indigenous to the area; there is a lucrative illegal wildlife trade; air and water pollution in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and several other large cities; land degradation and water pollution caused by improper mining activities; wetland degradation; severe oil spills
Total Labor Force: 105.7 million
Percent of Labor Force in Agriculture: 15.7%
Agricultural Products: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
Land Area: 8,459,417 sq km
Water Area: 55,460 sq km
Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in the south
Terrain: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt
Arable Land: 8.465%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.83%
Irrigated Land: 54,000 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 8,233 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): 58.07 cu km/yr (28%/17%/55%)
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 306 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards: recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south
Current Environmental Issues: deforestation in Amazon Basin destroys the habitat and endangers a multitude of plant and animal species indigenous to the area; there is a lucrative illegal wildlife trade; air and water pollution in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and several other large cities; land degradation and water pollution caused by improper mining activities; wetland degradation; severe oil spills
Total Labor Force: 105.7 million
Percent of Labor Force in Agriculture: 15.7%
Agricultural Products: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
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In this photo, old, dead vegetation is being cleared out by a number of combines in order to create new farmland.
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In this photo, a Brazilian farmer is working on a cassava field.
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In this photo, a group of Brazilian farmers are cultivating a field.
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In this photo, there are a number of cattle grazing on an open Brazilian pasture.
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In this photo, a mother and her child are working on a coffee farm.