Rethinking the future of agriculture

Resumo

The OECD says world food supply will need to increase 20% in 10 years to meet demand, and expects that Brazilian agriculture will have to contribute about two-fifths of that. In March, two units of the Getulio Vargas Foundation presented the first Roundtable on the Agribusiness Scenario, and experts there identified problems Brazil’s agriculture sector must deal with to ensure that it retains its current global prominence. Thais Timotheo reports on implications for Latin America as a whole and analyses a case of new agricultural technology from Monsanto.