Technology transfer for the consolidation of a low-carbon agriculture in the state of Tocantins
Technology transfer for the consolidation of a low-carbon agriculture in the state of Tocantins

Photo: ALCANTARA, Pedro
The project “Technology transfer to consolidate low carbon emission agriculture in Tocantins” was carried out to consolidate an agriculture based in low carbon emission technologies, sharing the knowledge in conservation agriculture through capacity building of scientists, agronomists, extension workers and consultants, which were then capable to transfer low carbon technologies such as no-till system, degraded pastures recovery and integrated crop-livestock-forestry systems to farmers of all state. The theoretical part consisted in a eight modules training program in total 168 hours encompassing: soils, pastures, integrated crop-livestock-forestry systems (ICLFS), extension methodology, soil conservation and irrigation. The approach aimed to present a whole-farm perspective instead of field-scale or site specific and encouraged the participants to make a well-designed plan with the farmer considering conservation agriculture practices in short and long term. The attendees enrolled applied the knowledge shared during the theoretical part in a whole-farm planning and execution in more than 36 Technological Reference Units (TRU) installed in approximately 1,400 hectares through all Tocantins. It influenced the creation of the “State Plan of Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change to Consolidate an Economy Based on Low Carbon Emission by Agriculture” and rural extension service strengthening.
Ecosystem: Amazonic, Mid-North, Cerrados Region
Status: Completed Start date: Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012 Conclusion date: Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2015
Head Unit: Embrapa Fisheries and Aquaculture
Project leader: Deivison Santos
Contact: deivison.santos@embrapa.br
Keywords: Emissão de carbono, ILPF, Plantio direto, Recuperação de pastagens