B2                       2% Bio fuel mixed into petroleum

B5                       5% Bio fuel mixed in to petroleum at the pump

Cerrado           "Closed inaccessible wasteland" the land that

                        is being cleared and developed inWest Bahia,Brazil.

EMBRAPA        Brazilian Federal Agricultural Research

                                Institute

Fundacao Bahia     (Bahia Foundation) corn, cotton, soya,  

                                trials on different varieties, founded

                                by seed chemical, fertilizer companies.   

                                Works very closely with the farmers.

GMO                             Genetically Modified Organism

LEM                    Luis Eduardo Magalhaes, the epicentre

                                of the Western Bahia farming area. 

SBR                     Soya Bean Rust (phakopsora pachyrhizi)

MERCOSUR     Southern Common Market – A free trade

                                agreement between Paraguay, Uruguay,  

                                Argentina and Brazil.  Signed in 1991.

Veranicos       Wet season mini droughts (generally 10-

                                30days long)

1 Sack = approx $46.38BRL,   $20.97 USD,   $36.08 NZD,   $14.16 GBP (as at 4 April 2009)

              =60Kg = 132Lbs 

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