This Wednesday (24) in your ANBA Bulletin: a special report from Isaura Daniel shows that the expansion of wheat farming into new areas of Brazil means the country could become self-sufficient and have surplus production to export. Habitually grown in the colder South, wheat is now spreading across the Cerrado, with the development of cultivars suited to this biome. Minas Gerais, in the Southeast, is already home to the third biggest planted area of all wheat-growing states, trailing only Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul. The grain is also taking up new space in the Midwest and even the ortheast. “We’ve worked hard in Cerrado for the last four or five years,” said Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) Wheat Division head Osvaldo Vasconcellos Vieira.
And Tuesday (23) saw the beginning of the Egyptian Cultural Festival in São Paulo. Works by four Egyptian artists will be on show through August 4 at Club Homs, on Avenida Paulista, and at Saphira & Ventura Galeria. Activities will include dance presentations, lectures, movie showings, a bazaar sale and typical foods. “With the art showing, the festival offers Egyptian history, literature, art, travel, trade and investment,” said Egypt’s ambassador to Brazil, Alaa Roushdy. The paintings are on sale and part of the proceeds will go to the Aswan Heart Centre, a hospital specializing in child surgery in Aswan, Egypt. The event relies on support from the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
