A study has found that women exposed to pesticides during farm work in Brazil’s Paraná state have a 60% higher risk of developing breast cancer, and a 220% higher risk of metastasis. While they don’t ...

CATANDUVA, Brazil, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The small city of Catanduva in the rural farm belt of Sao Paulo state has been ahead of the political curve in Brazil. In 1996, the city elected leftist Felix ...

A family farmer harvests chives, lettuce and spinach in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Photo by Alf Ribeiro. In a bohemian neighbourhood of São Paulo, Carla Guindani was getting ready to cross an ...

WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2024 — The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a project to promote sustainable family farming in rural areas of Piaui, a state in Northeastern Brazil, with a focus ...

More than three decades after the end of authoritarian military rule in Brazil, extreme inequality in the countryside has hardly changed. Inequality, especially in land tenure, is a structural trait ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Author Timothy J. Killeen is an ...