Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian president said that her administration
plans to invest around $250 million in grain silos to address what has
become a major problem for the country’s vital agricultural sector.
Brazil expects a record grain harvest of 185.9 million tons this year, but its storage capacity is only around 140 million tons. “We will expand the capacity to warehouse our production,” Rousseff said.
Nuseed has released a new line of sorghum
bred specifically for human consumption.
Sorghum is widely used as a staple food in east Africa and parts of
the subcontinent, but in the developed world it is mainly valued for its
use as feedstock.
However, in terms of nutrition, Nuseed said
sorghum compares favourably to other grain types providing similar
amounts of energy, protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.
On May 25 2013, an estimated two million people across fifty countries participated in the global 'March Against Monsanto'.
Mexico City was host to the 'Carnival of Corn', a celebration of Mexico’s rich diversity of native corn, threatened by Monsanto’s plans to introduce a genetically modified variety of the crop.
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| English: Agriculture in Campos Novos, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil Português (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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