10 Jun 2022 --- Fears are mounting that the war in Ukraine could push the global soybean market steadily back into environmental and human rights violations after decades of progress. Brazil, the world’s largest soybean producer, fears a drop in potassium exports from Russia and Belarus could crush the ability to fertilize crops and severely damage its multi-billion-dollar agribusiness. In response, the ruling government, led by President Jair Bolsonaro, is driving for national mining legislation allowing companies to dig potassium in areas of the Amazon inhabited by indigenous people.
