The project aims at assessing methods and innovative techniques in the area of Remote Sensing and spatial data integration for detection in cultivation practices and production systems, especially integrated crop-livestock-forestry systems (ICLFs) and variations, which constitute one of the key points of the low carbon agriculture policy.
On a local scale, the goal is to evaluate the potential of new techniques and methodologies that apply to the new Sentinel 2 sensor with regard to the det ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2015

The aim of this project was to strengthen the SUSTRURAL array - a set of Embrapa projects related to environmental rehabilitation and compliance in the rural landscape of the Atlantic Rainforest in Southern and Southeastern Brazil - based on deeper integration and training of component members.
SUSTRURAL was created to study solutions to the problems experienced by the rural landscape of the Atlantic Rainforest, which is characterized by the prevalence of fragmented forest ecosystems, parti ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2016

Brazil is one of the world's largest producers of agricultural products. However, there is still a persistent international perception that the country's production comes at the expense of significant environmental damage, which does not reflect the diverse reality of Brazilian agriculture. Sustainability indicators proposed by international organizations such as FAO/UN and OECD repeatedly rank Brazil among the countries with the worst performance when they disregard the fact that the country

Status: In progress     Start date: Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2022

The objective of this project was to promote a wide discussion between specialists from Embrapa and the company Casa dos Ventos to identify and systematize weaknesses, strengths and opportunities in the generation of energy using biogas produced by the fermentation of grasses grown in Roraima. Embrapa has expertise in the environmental, economic and agricultural conditions of Roraima, about the species that can be used for the production of biomass to be used in fermentation processes and in the

Status: Completed     Start date: Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2019

This project aims to develop an open access digital platform in which data from Federal Government social programs focusing on farmers are available for crossings and spatial visualization. The tool was requested by the National Secretariat for Food and Nutritional Security of the former Ministry of Social Development (Sesan / MDS), and consists of a geoweb with information that allows the elaboration of coverage maps for five social programs: Food Acquisition (PAA), Promotion of Rural Produc

Status: Completed     Start date: Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2016

The Brangus-Ibagé and Canchim breeds are important options in beef cattle breeding systems. Developed in Brazil on government farms that are now Embrapa research units (Pecuária Sul and Pecuária Sudeste), these units house the original herds used to characterize animals and provide superior genetic material. The production sector demands improvements in specific areas, including tick and endoparasite resistance, temperament, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, efficient use of inputs (food and wat ...

Status: In progress     Start date: Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2024

Cotton cropping in Peru is a thousand-year-old activity that goes back to ancient civilizations that developed in that region. Cotton has historically been an important source of resources for the Peruvian population and supplied raw material for the textile industry. They cultivate the long or extra-long fiber species Gossipium hirsutum and G. barbadense. National cotton production has been declining in recent years, with major social impact, as this crop is predominantly cultivated by family f

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2015

Whitefly is currently one of the main pests in Brazil. The insect causes direct damages (sap suction, toxin injection, and physiological disorders) and indirect damages (helping sooty mold grow and transmitting phytopathogenic viruses). Reports of damages started right after its entrance in the country, the likely source of which has been traced to an import of ornamental plants in the 1990s. After this introduction, the insect became very well adapted to Brazilian cropping conditions and spread

Status: Completed     Start date: Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014

Maps, zoning and monitoring resources are examples of geospatial information which are daily used for planning, managing resources, decision making, and for public policies. Geoinformation are of strategic importance for several sectors, including for strengthening Brazilian agriculture and for transferring the knowledge produced by Embrapa to society. To quickly produce, organize and make geospatial services and data available, Embrapa needed an up-to-date, modern data infrastructure, to ena

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2015

The artisanal cheese production stands out as an important activity for income generation of family farmers in different regions of the country, such as the Coalho Cheese produced in the Northeast, the Colonial Cheese in the South and, more specifically, the Minas Artesanais cheese types, such as Canastra and Serro, produced in the State of Minas Gerais. However, among the main obstacles related to production and marketing in the formal market, stands the possibility (or not) to reconcile legal

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2015