South-South contd., Partnering with Brazil

This is Africa reports on the drivers behind Brazilian-African agriculture cooperation:

“We have domesticated tropical agriculture. So we can now really partner with African countries… research and development is no panacea, but is very important for development, and Embrapa has a lot of knowledge on tropical agriculture. There are many similarities between Brazil and Africa in terms of ecosystems and challenges,” he adds(Pedro Arraes, the president of Embrapa).Embrapa is today considered to be a global leader in tropical agricultural research, and Brazil has developed technologies and machinery specifically suited to a tropical climate. All of this, Mr Arraes and Mr Tarragô argue, makes Brazil an ideal partner for Africa.