Brazil expects agricultural output to increase 7 pct
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Brazil, one of the world's top food producers, expects its cereal, legume and oilseed production to increase by 7 percent to 314.8 million tons in 2025, the state-run Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said Thursday.
The yield of the kind this year is expected to stand at 294.3 million tons, down by 6.7 percent from the previous year, the agency said.