Brazil develops tropical wheat and predicts self-sufficiency in 5 years

Post by wil421 » Sat, Jun 03, 2023, 10:15 AM UTC

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They claim the current wheat yield is 3.3 tons/hectare while the new variety has yield 10 tons/hectare, about a 3x difference. What impact does this have on the micronutrient profile of the harvested crop? And does this result in faster depletion of those micronutrients from the soil, i.e. is it sustainable to harvest this crop?

Yields of most plants are higher in the tropics: there is more sunlight, more water, and no frost. Wheat, historically, hasn't been able to benefit from this as it wasn't adapted to the climate. Most minor minerals are present in plants to the tune of 0.001% by weight or less. We extract many times as much manganese, chromium, copper etc as the metal as we would from the soil. Selenium is generally postulated as the…

Post by matheusmoreira » Sat, Jun 03, 2023, 10:27 AM UTC

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If he doesn't look like a communist to you, it's only because brazilian society applied some brakes on him. It's not for a lack of trying. 2010 you say? Let's remember: https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2010/05/presidente-alt... Let's see... Relativization of private property, media censorship, taxes on accumulated capital, religious persecution. Wow, literally the same talking points that surfaced in last year's…

> Let's see... Relativization of private property, media censorship, taxes on accumulated capital, religious persecution. This is red-scare rhetoric, not communism. > Who cares? Anyone trying to have a discussion/debate about ideologies, like what you are trying to do. Words have meaning, in a discussion this meaning matters. If you don't care, then you don't care for the discussion, you are just soapboxing.

Post by matheusmoreira » Sat, Jun 03, 2023, 10:35 AM UTC

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he s gonna reply that democrats and republicans swapped party so the republicans are the racists. the tired tropes of finding reality in twisting history so that it can back up what the hivemmind tells you. lula is a communist, always has been, people seem to forget what he did.

Post by refulgentis » Sat, Jun 03, 2023, 10:42 AM UTC

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> Fertilizers: The largest world food producer needs imported fertilizers. The irony: our main supplier is Russia. This basically prevents Brazil taking any side in the conflict and affects our (and our buyers) food prices as much as wheat. No, it means you can’t take a position without paying a cost. A lot of countries used to depend on Russia for various things, and they have paid a price to change this.

Brazil is not Europe. It’s not going to be some minor inconvenience like having people to take cold showers and virtual signal on the internet. There will be famine and the poorest people will die.

Post by roqi » Sat, Jun 03, 2023, 11:07 AM UTC

irusensei wrote: post #98

lostlogin wrote: post #31

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> Fertilizers: The largest world food producer needs imported fertilizers. The irony: our main supplier is Russia. This basically prevents Brazil taking any side in the conflict and affects our (and our buyers) food prices as much as wheat. No, it means you can’t take a position without paying a cost. A lot of countries used to depend on Russia for various things, and they have paid a price to change this.

Brazil is not Europe. It’s not going to be some minor inconvenience like having people to take cold showers and virtual signal on the internet. There will be famine and the poorest people will die.