Dear Ronaldo,

I am convinced that teaching may have an impact in the short-term, but to overcome problems induced by "global warming" (e.g. changing rain and temperature pattern affecting agro-food sector, poverty trap due to limited access to markets, insufficient policies, etc.) more holistic approaches are required.

First off all we should understand local needs to design demand-driven research (...producing scientific output), which needs to be converted into actions that produce an impact on the long-term (...outcome). There exists a huge body of literature (...feel free to contact me), but in reality "projects" are often lacking in sufficient approaches to achieve long-term impact (...own experiences - I am scientist [...need to produce output in the short-term] and need to collaborate with NGO that are in place for long periods to ensure long-term impact by maintaining and up-scaling, but establishing a collaboration is often difficult (...own experiences). Thus, there might be a gap caused by colonization, but we should look forward and find ways to improve current situation.

Best regards

Nils

Global warming has invariably questioned the sustainability of agriculture , both developing and developed countries . Development of ambitious programme like C-4 rice is a classical example to moderate possible negative impact of global warming on sustainability of agriculture .