Two weeks ago I put together some numbers from Brazil’s latest farm census, which was released in 2019, after two years of data collecting and processing. I basically compared the soybean farm sizes in southern and central Brazil, explaining why they are so different – logistics and prices received by farmers were among the reasons I listed.
Since that comparison made me spend in the blink? of an eye? the 600 words that I can write here, I promised I would visit the farm census numbers in a future column. So, here I am. And women in agriculture is always a good subject – not only to join the hype (and women do deserve to have their importance recognized and praised), but also to give an idea of how things can be different in a country like Brazil.
In 2017, Brazil had 5.073 million farmers and ranchers, of which 18.6% were women.? Continue reading
