The development of Brazilian agriculture: Future technological challenges and opportunities

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pereira, Pedro A Arraes ^a   Martha, Geraldo B ^a   Santana, Carlos A M ^b   Alves, Eliseu ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b Presidents Office   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Brazil; Food security; Perspectives; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006010409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-1-4     Document Type: Review

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