Brazilian Farmers Sharing Trends, Issues and Solutions Across International Borders
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Weekly Farmer-to-Farmer Progress Reports
The CropSpotters are a group of Brazilian farmers who have volunteered their time to keep you informed about crop progress throughout the Brazilian crop year (the first week in November through the first week in May).
Each week, the Cropspotters provide reports and commentary about crop progress on their farms and in their part of the country. By reading the CropSpotters weekly crop progress reports, you'll learn about the challenges they face, the issues they overcome, and what they’re doing to maximize profit.
This Weeks Guest Commentary
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Landless roadside encampment near a farm under threat of appropriation as part of Brazil’s land reform program. |
Land in Brazil is not like just any property: it has a social function under the constitution. As a result, it has to be used correctly (guess who decides what correctly means…) Under-use of farmland, or leaving it idle, can lead to the government appropriating it and distributing it out to people who don’t have land.
Our guest columnist this week is Kátia Abreu - president of the Brazilian Agriculture Confederation (CNA) and a senator from Tocantins (Democratas party). The senator addresses the Brazil's landless situation in her piece entitled “Brazil’s Landless Movement—a.k.a. the “Rag Proletariate”.
Question of the Week
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This Week's Question of the Week: "What do you think of the landless movement?"
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