Feeding the World: Brazil's Transformation Into a Modern Agricultural Economy

by Herbert S. Klein and Francisco Vidal Luna

Book Overview

Feeding the World chronicles the rise of Brazil as a world agricultural powerhouse during the second half of the twentieth century. Tracing the history of Brazilian agricultural development, Herbert S. Klein and Francisco Vidal Luna focus specifically on how Brazil came to be the largest net food exporter in the world. Brazil was always an agricultural export country, but it was traditionally an exporter of a single crop. However, the country's agriculture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108473091
• ISBN13: 9781108473095
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.2" x 8.9"