Brazil’s pepper industry soared to a new high in 2022, hitting a record R$1.5 billion ($300 million) in production value. The Brazilian stats agency IBGE confirms this figure. They recorded a historic harvest of 128,000 tons. Over the last half-century, the nation’s pepper output has increased dramatically. In 1974, farmers planted pepper on 8,000 hectares. […]
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