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Soy farm in Brazil - Coggle Diagram
Soy farm in Brazil
Unstable gains and limited benefits for Brazil
Economist for the Brazilian department of economics :silhouette:
Lali
Show that exporting soy is not interesting for the country.
Agricultural commodities are subject to fluctuating global demand and volatile prices (due to Stock market speculation)
Low value-added products -> not profitable for the country's trade balance compared to imports of sophisticated products
Trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange :silhouette:
Mariana A.
Explain how agricultural commodities like soybeans can also be traded.
What does the trading consist in?
what impact does it have on the prices of crops and as a result on farmers / producers? Is it an issue?
producing soy in gigantic exploitations
Owner of mega farm growing soybeans :silhouette:
Afonso Sa
Why huge farms are the only way to live off soy crops and make good profits in a global market
Impact on small local farmer :silhouette:
Jose
Going bust and ending up in a favela! Bring a testimony.
the impossibility for small Brazilian farmers to compete with mega farms
impossibility to cover production costs in a global market with free trade
Social and environmental dumping
Brazilian farm hand in a Brazilian mega farm :silhouette:
Salvador
Give a testimony about strenuous work conditions and overuse of pesticides
-> Social and environmental dumping
Subsidizing EU farming
Italian farmer :silhouette:
Siloe
Explain the issue of facing unfair competition from countries like Brazil which practise social and economic dumping
-> Need of EU subsidies to survive
Implementing EU quotas, local norms (sanitary, ecological)
EU commissioner :silhouette:
Nino
Explain why it is necessary to implement non-tariff barriers
Sanitary and environmental norms on soy imports
the restrictions on GMOs (as in the case of soy) in the EU
Benefiting from Brazilian soy
Manager of French supermarket :silhouette:
Afonso Pereira
Choice to make between buying Brazilian or European soy. What are the pros and cons?