será problema cultural?

"(...) Instead of trying to protect farmers from international competition—as much of the world still does—it opened up to trade and let inefficient farms go to the wall. This was all the more remarkable because most of the country was then regarded as unfit for agricultural production. The country was Brazil."

in Brazil's agricultural miracle, The Economist

que giro... isto quase parece coisas à Portugal, não? mas vá, o resultado da experiência foi positivo, diz o artigo. por isso, nem tudo é mau.

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