Re: GMO in Developing Nations

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jim Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"Bruce Sinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
>message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Oz
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >Bruce Sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>> >>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Oz
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >>wrote:
>> >>>Bruce Sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Not my understanding of much of the soils in Brazil.
>> >>>>IIRC large amounts of the country are not very good for crops ... a
>main
>> >>>>reason why cutting trees, farming a few years then cutting more trees
>> > happens.
>> >>>>Fertiliser required sounds like it might be considerable.
>> >>>
>> >>>Fertiliser requirements match the offtake of the crop, which is hardly
>a
>> >>>surprise.
>> >>Up to a point yes.
>> >Standard practice.
>> I think "standard Theory" might be closer to the mark :)
>standard practice anywhere which does not suffer soil depletion

Yep. My point exactly.
> and desertification

Maybe. The reasons for this are not quite so clear from what I've seen.

Bruce




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