Agriculture Transfer
Agricultural Technology Transfer Brazil- Africa
Camila Cristina Soares
Professor Mark Buchman
Abstract
This article aims to present how the transfer of agricultural technology between Brazil and Africa is benefic to both. As well as, to quote ongoing projects that exist with Embrapa assistance and reaffirm that through this projects, the African Continent regards a solution for its major issues, such as poverty and hunger, as well as the benefits of it all to Brazil.
1. Africa 's Demographic Data
Africa is the third largest continent in the world, with approximately 30 millions square kilometers, is the second most populous continent, with about 900 million people and contains 54 independent countries (but there still are colonies such as Santa Helena and Mayotte).
There 's a lot of ethnicities and tribes inside of it 's territory, considering the parameter of division between White Africa - or Arabe- (Mauritania, North Africa and Western Sahara) and Black Africa.
Your inter tropical localization presents the climates equatorial, deserts, savanna, sahel and steppe.
The ethnicities are diverse such as Arabian, Egyptian, Berber, Jewish, Sudanese, Bantu, Nilotic, Pygmy and Swahili. There is also a diversity of religions such as, Christianity, Islamism, Hinduism, Animism, and a lot of politest tribes. The most spoken languages are Arabian, English, French Portuguese, Spanish and Afrikaner.
2 Agricultural Technology Transfer from Brazil to African Countries
Africa is a continent devastated by hunger, diseases and civil wars, like the war in Sudan, whose tribes that lived in this place lost completly their plantation area and cattle because of militia 's sabotage.
Brazil is known for it 's skills in research in agriculture, agribusiness and food technology, today concentrated basically in the Embrapa (The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation).
These researches aim alternatives for the planting of food, changing it to became more
Camila Cristina Soares
Professor Mark Buchman
Abstract
This article aims to present how the transfer of agricultural technology between Brazil and Africa is benefic to both. As well as, to quote ongoing projects that exist with Embrapa assistance and reaffirm that through this projects, the African Continent regards a solution for its major issues, such as poverty and hunger, as well as the benefits of it all to Brazil.
1. Africa 's Demographic Data
Africa is the third largest continent in the world, with approximately 30 millions square kilometers, is the second most populous continent, with about 900 million people and contains 54 independent countries (but there still are colonies such as Santa Helena and Mayotte).
There 's a lot of ethnicities and tribes inside of it 's territory, considering the parameter of division between White Africa - or Arabe- (Mauritania, North Africa and Western Sahara) and Black Africa.
Your inter tropical localization presents the climates equatorial, deserts, savanna, sahel and steppe.
The ethnicities are diverse such as Arabian, Egyptian, Berber, Jewish, Sudanese, Bantu, Nilotic, Pygmy and Swahili. There is also a diversity of religions such as, Christianity, Islamism, Hinduism, Animism, and a lot of politest tribes. The most spoken languages are Arabian, English, French Portuguese, Spanish and Afrikaner.
2 Agricultural Technology Transfer from Brazil to African Countries
Africa is a continent devastated by hunger, diseases and civil wars, like the war in Sudan, whose tribes that lived in this place lost completly their plantation area and cattle because of militia 's sabotage.
Brazil is known for it 's skills in research in agriculture, agribusiness and food technology, today concentrated basically in the Embrapa (The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation).
These researches aim alternatives for the planting of food, changing it to became more
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