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Caveat for what exactly? Technological transfer for Africa and Asia tropical climates? Or for the Brazilian agricultural model? For the second case I can give
by zppx 16y ago
Caveat for what exactly? Technological transfer for Africa and Asia tropical climates? Or for the Brazilian agricultural model?
For the second case I can give an opinion, Brazil is a country with a fair amount of climate seasonal variations, where I live in São Paulo we have rainy summers and dry winters, and in the 24 years that I lived there were a fair amount of uncommon events in climate (including hot winters and dry summers), and yet year after year as long I can remember the crop yield rose, both in Brazil and in São Paulo.
I do not see how this can change in the short and mid-terms without a global climate mess that would also affect other countries in the globe.
EDIT: As mkr-hn pointed I do not know the difference between weather and climate, I think that the basic idea still stands.
- mkr-hn 16y agoThat's weather, not climate. Climate is something measured over centuries. Climate is thousands of little weathers collected and analyzed.
- grammaton 16y agoIt's a caveat for both - the brazilian model, and technological transfer to other climates. However, what I was really thinking of was the idea that Brazil's model represents a resounding answer to malthusian objections. This may be true if a lot of other things pan out, but assuming that climate remains the same is a pretty big assumption.