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Kapedo can spur sustainable livestock jobs

A waterfall in Kapedo [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

According to the US Department of Agriculture, there are 232 million cattle in Brazil, which means they outnumber humans. Although this is the second-largest cattle herd in the world, Brazil is the leading beef exporter globally, which earns the country billions in foreign exchange.

One of the farms that produce those millions of cattle is Gamada farm. It sits quietly next to Brazil’s Amazon Forest. Its cattle graze acres of lush deep green pasture that sprawls across the farm. The farm is located in Nova Canaa do Norte in the Brazilian State of Mato Groso. A large percentage of Brazil’s cattle come from this state. In 2017, there were 30.2 million cattle in there, more than ten times the state’s population.

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