The FAO believes that soy, of which Brazil is largest bean exporter, may help fight world hunger
In the largest world meeting of soy researchers, in Foz do Iguaçu (in the southern state of Paraná), Peter Thoenes, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) secretary, suggested the product be included in the strategy of countries with food problems. Also present, the president of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Clayton Campanhola, recalled that in four decades, Brazil increased production from 206,000 tonnes to 52 million tonnes.
