Railroads Drive Expansion of Soybean Cultivation in Brazil’s Amazon Region

In Anapolis, Brazil’s North-South railway line, which took more than 30 years to complete, was unable to connect with the existing network due to the different width of its tracks and its southern section remained inactive for several years, until it was privatised in 2019. Precedents like this one create concern about the new planned railway lines, dedicated to the transportation of grains to…