Sefeddine Cherif, the ambassador of Tunisia to Brazil, wants to take the Brazilian experience in wheat research to his country. He and the first secretary at the embassy, Mohamed Tascou, met at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) Cerrados, in the city of Planaltina, in Goiás state, and a partnership between the Brazilian company and Tunisia was suggested.
The Arab country, which is located in North of Africa, is the main global per capita consumer of wheat. According to the ambassador, Tunisia needs wheat cultivars that are more resistant to drought, as the climate in the country is desert and semi-arid. One of the suggestions proposed by the ambassador was technical exchange between both countries and the exchange of experience with genetic material of wheat.
According to Cherif, Tunisia has good experience in the production of olive oil and dates, but the country needs to learn new techniques for wheat growing. At Embrapa Cerrados, the diplomats talked to researcher Walter Quadros, who explained the development of wheat cultivars for the drylands areas of Brazil and showed him an area where experiments are taking place in the field.
The diplomats also spoke to vet José Robson Sereno, head of Embrapa Cerrados, and to researcher Marília Santos Silva, international articulator at the Embrapa unit, with whom he exchanged ideas to start a new partnership. The ambassador also recalled that the minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil, Celso Amorim, visited Tunisia in June and discussed the possibility of exchange of experiences in the agricultural area.
During Amorim's trip, then Brazilian ambassador to Tunisia, Marília Sardenberg Zelner Gonçalves, also commented that Embrapa could supply its ample know-how in crops for dry climates. It was with the intention of aiding the African countries in the agricultural area that the Embrapa opened an office in Ghana, Africa.
Embrapa is also studying the possibility of taking systems for satellite land monitoring to African countries. Representatives of the Embrapa office in Ghana are going to deliver a document with the proposal to the heads of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), which includes 60 countries that produce and consume wood.
Anba
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written by jon, July 26, 2008
written by João da Silva, July 26, 2008
written by jon, July 26, 2008
Could behave been bought by Libyan State TV as Libya has cut-off oil to Switzerland. Apparently Khadafi's (sp?) son was arrested there for hitting someone ... I hope it was not Ch C
written by João da Silva, July 27, 2008
I hope it was not Ch C
I don't think so. He being a close friend of Khadaffi, must be trying to get his son released from jail, using his influence with the Swiss government.
written by ch.c., July 27, 2008
Another self caressing navel....from the Brazilians junkies.
to Joao : somewhat funny with Lybia.
the Lybian government is owner of TAMOIL (Switzerland). A large oil refinery suppplied in large part with Lybian oil.
And they are stopping their oil deliveries...to their OWN refinery !!!!!
What a nice...AUTOGOAL......coming from idiots !
And oil is traded freely Worldwide.
Suffice to buy from the free markets some cargoes from other sources.
Concerning Khadaffi's son and his wife : yessss in their country, like in Brazil and elsewhere in Banana Republics, beating your maids is...NORMAL !!!
NOT HERE.....whoever YOU ARE, blue collar worker, king, or son of a dictator (Khadaffi was never elected...to my knowledge).
For your information only it was the hotel employees who called the police, not the beaten maids.
The son's wife is pregnant and ready to give birth.
What was of course not mentionned in 99 % of the world medias is the fact that 2 doctors from the Geneva hospital accompanied the couple back to Tripoli !!!
Ohhhh Joao....they stayed in jail for 2 days only, and left the country on a US$ 500'000 bail, paid immediately...of course.
Will see now if they will appear for their trial ! Doubtful....of course ! These people dont like to face justice since there are NONE in their own country, like in Brazil. Or said otherwise, their justice provide as much impunity to the government members and politicians...similar to what happens in....Brazil !!!!
Proof that Brazil is also a Banana Republic.
If we know how to grow wheat in the dry lands, we should be cultivating wheat in the Northeastern part of our country, before teaching the Tunisians how to do it.
I would appreciate if someone clarifies me about cultivating wheat in the "dry lands".