Article ‘A new diet for the crops’, by journalist Isaura Daniel, won the first place in the Internet category. The awarding ceremony took place yesterday, in Brazilian capital Brasília.
Author: From the Newsroom
The Brazilian plastics industry posted US$ 1.18 billion in revenues from foreign sales last year. According to Plastics Industry Association data, segment revenues worldwide were US$ 22.1 billion.
The state of Minas Gerais has already allocated US$ 2.1 bn to the current crop. By its end, farmers in the state should have spent US$ 3.6 bn on funding, investment and on selling the output.
Despite the crisis, the state-owned oil company ended last year with a net profit of US$ 16.1 billion. From January until December 2009, the total output of oil and natural gas equivalent rose by 5%.
Paintings by deceased Brazilian artist Antonio Bandeira will remain on display at Maison de L’Unesco, in the French capital, from March 30th onwards. He is known as a master of abstract painting.
The company achieved a quarterly record-high number of deliveries late last year, and recorded a net cash flow of US$ 476 million in 2009.
The search for executives in Brazil has risen in 2009 as against the previous year, according to a study by consultancy company DBM. This took place due to growth of the Brazilian economy.
The operations should start in June and will connect Doha to São Paulo. The flights from Brazil will have a leg in Buenos Aires.
The Arab country has started the second phase of one of its main gas exploration projects, in Al-Jorf field. The operations are developed by Mabrouk, in the NOC group.
Agriculture may be economic alternative for Africa due to the low revenues of products like cocoa and gold. Investment in the area was recommended at a meeting with African leaders.
British company BP has acquired the Devon Energy rights to explore areas in Campos Basin. The agreement, which also includes other areas for international exploration, cost US$ 7 billion.
Brazil exported the equivalent to US$ 309.1 million to the region in the first two months of the year, expansion of 44.3% over the same period last year.
Production in the country should rise by 190,000 barrels a day this year, the largest growth among the countries that are not part of the OPEC. The forecast is by the organisation itself.
Brazilian agribusiness sales to the region were the highlight in February. Among the Arabs, Morocco had the most expressive increase in purchases, 81.5%. In all, revenues reached US$ 4.4 billion.
