Brazilian agriculture  The miracle of the cerrado   See article
Readers' comments    Very important article. I was born in
Alagoas, close to this area and I know quite well the
transformation that is happening in the North-East of Brazil by
now. This country is amazing. Brazil is a superpower in
richness, prosperity, natural resources, peace and liberty.
Miguel - Campinas - Sao Paulo - Brazil.   wonder what effect
climate change will have, any shift in the hadley cells will
have huge effects on percipitation and water will be key
@people worried about the environment  soil exhaustion is a
concern. however, with the use of no-till and crop rotation,
brazil will surpass problems in earlier American agricultural
history such as the dust bowl. Allowing these root stalks to rot
and be returned to the soil is also adding organic matter and
nutrients to the soil, rather than full scale depletion of
nutients. Also, with some of the early additions to the soil to
make it usable for production, less fertilizer is ne