The region between the states of Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí and Bahia, known as MATOPIBA in Brazil, is considered the showcase of Brazilian agribusiness, with high grain yields for export, such as soybean and corn.
For producers, deforestation and the annihilation of local communities is the price to pay for "progress". A Greenpeace study shows that this sick model of production does not create a balanced wealth, but the opposite.