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Pourouma, native to tropical South America, in the western Amazon Basin in northern Bolivia, western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern...

Pindo Palm or Jelly Palm, is a palm native to Brazil and Uruguay. This palm grows up to 6m (exceptionally 8m) in a slow but steady manner. It is easily identifiable...

and "Old-maid". In the wild, it is an endangered plant; the main cause of decline is habitat destruction by slash and burn agriculture. It is also however...

including Northern Argentina, Southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It has become a widespread invasive weed in many countries. Its common names include...

oleracea L.) in the New World. Nature 253:726-727. Pests in Landscapes and Gardens: Common Purslane. Pest Notes University of California Agriculture and Natural...

of Brazil nut exploitation". Science 302 (Dec. 19): 2112-2114.  Brazil Nut homepage Radioactivity of Brazil nuts New York Botanical Gardens Brazil Nuts...

very fruity aftertaste. Most guaraná drinks are produced in Brazil and consumed locally or in nearby countries, such as Paraguay. Major brands include...

marinating cassava in salted water for a few days then grilling it in small portions. Many cassava dishes exist in various African countries. In Tanzania, cassava...

reported to open Brazil nuts using a stone as an anvil. Despite their name, the most significant exporter of Brazil nuts is not Brazil but Bolivia, where...

– 6 cm long and 1 mm in broad, that grow vegetatively in chain-like fashion (pendant) to form hanging structures up to 6 m in in length. The plant has...

brasiliense, which is native to Brazil. The pale yellow mesocarp oil is extracted and used directly as a cooking oil. In Brazil, there are projects among indigenous...

The tamarillo was once in its own genus, called Cyphomandra, but is now in the same genus as the tomato - Solanum - both are in the same family, Solanaceae...

aegis of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO). The Governing Body met for the first time in Madrid in June 2006. Some believe...

permanent agriculture was first coined by Franklin Hiram King in his classic book from 1911, Farmers of Forty Centuries: Or Permanent Agriculture in China...

The tamarillo was once in its own genus, called Cyphomandra, but is now in the same genus as the tomato - Solanum - both are in the same family, Solanaceae...

botantists in P.Browne's 1756 work. In 1763 it was classified by Jacquin as Sicyos edulus and by Adanson as Chocho edulus. Swartz included it in 1800 in its current...

productivity in Western agriculture (see agricultural machinery). Airplanes, helicopters, trucks, tractors, and combines are used in Western agriculture for seeding...

Ceara in Brazil. Other species are also worked for rubber in the native woods of Brazil. M. dichotoma and M. piauhyensis are also being grown in rubber...

current trend that has informed much work in agroecology is traditional agriculture or indigenous agriculture. Because of the ideological differences between...

epidemic. Typhus (probably) in 1546, influenza and smallpox together in 1558, smallpox again in 1589, diphtheria in 1614, measles in 1618 - all ravaged the...