Recent conversations with an associate farming and living in Brazil underscored a number of concerns that will eventually have a negative impact on crop production.I had a lengthy conversation with an associate who has been farming in Brazil for more than 20 years and is now a permanent resident there. This was the second such discussion in the past three weeks. He's a little on edge over the political and economic climate and how it is affecting farmers. Here are some of his talking points:
There is no money in Brazil today. The ongoing currency devaluation is causing economic chaos. The real has devalued 40 percent in the last year. It has become almost impossible for farmers to obtain financing in reals to plant crops that trade in t...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
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Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
