" Nobody would expect e.g. Rhode Island to feed itself, b" Again - internal self sufficiency is not the basis of development. S. America has relatively free t

" Nobody would expect e.g. Rhode Island to feed itself, b" Again - internal self sufficiency is not the basis of development. S. America has relatively free trade for things they need, and there are no hugely relevant issues there. The wheat innovation is going to be nice for Brazil, but more as a function of expansion of industry, not really on the basis of 'self sufficiency'. Brazil's path to wealth lies through the reform of civic and social institutions, not through some kind of magic grain. The same could be said of most places.