Dr. Lal was delighted to receive an invitation to speak at the 78a SOEA Conference: Official Week of Engineering and Agriculture with CONFEA/CREA (Federal Council of Engineering and Agronomy) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on August 10, 2023. His presentation titled Carbon Sequestration – Enabling Brazilian Agriculture to Foster Global Sustainability resonated deeply with the 5000-strong audience in attendance. During his talk, Dr. Lal praised Brazil's remarkable feat of becoming the world's leading food exporter. He urged Brazil to replicate the transformative "Cerrado Miracle" as a model across other savannahs, such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, offering these regions the opportunity to emulate Brazil's success and extend its prosperity worldwide. His lecture may be accessed at YouTube here (starts at 43:19).