Brazil develops tropical wheat and predicts self-sufficiency in 5 years
There are a few things that would make Brazil a lot more stable economically (and even socially and politically) if we achieved self-sufficiency:<p>Fossil fuels: Currently, Brazil is self-sufficient in oil, but we export petrol to buy back refined fuels (gasoline and diesel). If we were self-sufficient in fossil fuels we would be much more immune to inflation every time OPEC decides to reduce oil output.<p>Wheat: We are the top of the world exporting foods. We produce 6x our current need. Nevertheless, we still need imported wheat. Ukraine war and dollar variations literary affect our bread.<p>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.<p>Achieving self-sufficiency in these three areas would be like a second independence for us (first was when we got free from Portugal).