This project was carried out in the region of Pernambuco known as Sertão and in the north of Bahia in order to train rural leaders, extension workers and agricultural technicians in silviculture of multiple-use forest species and agroforestry systems, as well as notions of ecology and the environment. Through courses and training, agents were trained to develop and implement a sustainable management plan for the caatinga area in small and medium rural properties in the Brazilian semiarid regi

Status: Completed     Start date: Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2008

Implementing communication and technology transfer actions that maximize the understanding, use and reuse of information and technologies generated by Embrapa and adapted to the state of Mato Grosso. The proposal is to promote in loco practical activities such as transfer and environmental education activities, exploring the rural space defined in technological (annual and perennial crops) and ecological (Permanent Preservation Areas- PPA) pathways, and the virtual space with the use of informat

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

Given the serious agricultural losses suffered by the highland region of the state of Rio de Janeiro due to heavy rainfall in January 2011, this projects aimed at transferring agroecological technologies that have been already developed and adapted to the region through cooperative methodologies that foster interaction between researchers and farmers. It was expected to contribute to counter the environmental and economic risk scenario afflicting family farming in the region; diversify productio

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

This project aims to create a system for the management of strategic information on the compliance with organic production certification requirements, and to support family farmers and their Social Control Organizations (OCS) and Participatory Conformity Assessment Organizations (OPAC). The digital system will support the inspection of family farmers linked to OCS in direct sales and will serve as a pilot/model for the State of São Paulo; the Comuna da Terra organization will serve as reference. ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2021