01105naa a2200133 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902000180006010000180007824500580009626000090015452007310016377300770089416462982000-07-05       1991    bl ---       0--  u    #d  a7-80003-162-41 aPASSOS, O. S.  aResearch and the Northeast Brazilian citrus industry.  c1991  aA review is made focussing on the influence of EMBRAPA's (Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research) program on the development of the citrus industry in Northrastern Brazil, one of the poorest regions of the country. This region comprises almost 20% of the total land surface and almost 30% of the county's population and exhibits serious social and economic contrasts. Due to this extensive area (approximately 1,600,000 km2) and the large range of climates and soils, although the annual rainfall in almost 60% of the total area is less than 750 mm, the export/import balance is always favorable. Nevertheless, continually unbalanced hrowth between north and south has brought several social to the country as a whole.  tChina: International Citrus Symposium Guangzhougn.5/8, p.309-316, 1991.