No Brasil, um grande número de agroindústrias familiares elabora suco de uva ‘caseiro’ ou ‘colonial’ pela técnica da panela extratora por arraste de vapor. O produto é vendido em feiras de agricultura familiar e para consumidores do entorno de cada propriedade produtora, contribuindo, de forma importante, para a renda da pequena propriedade rural. A referida panela, embora seja um equipamento de preço bastante acessível, resulta na elaboração de suco com incorporação de água, proveniente do vapo ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2016

Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) is the world's second largest crop and Brazil has taken second place in wheat production in South America. However, productivity in this crop can be limited due to occurrence of some diseases, one of which, wheat blast, caused by the Magnaporthe grisea fungus, has caused large productivity losses that can reach 72% depending on the time of infection. With the expansion of wheat crops to other Brazilian regions such as the Midwest, the fungus has been settling in and

Status: Completed     Start date: Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014

Among the many plagues which attack worldwide fruit culture, the fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) stand out for being present in all continents, and in practically all types of environment, being thus great hinderers of worldwide fruit production. In the Amazonian region, 5 species are already known in Acre, 28 in Amazonas, 22 in Amapá. 20 in Pará, 5 in Rondônia, 13 in Roraima and 16 in Tocantins, belonging to the genera Anastrepha, Bactrocera and Ceratitis./nThe state of Pará presents great d ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2010

Sustainability of traditional cultivation systems (slash-and-burn) depends especially on long periods of set-aside in order to reestablish the stock of the soil's nutrients and raw organic material used and/or lost during the agricultural period. Population growth and decrease in the region's secondary vegetation availability has progressively reduced the set-aside period, subsequently increasing the pressure on riparian areas and cultivated ones. The result if degradation of natural resources a

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2009

Forest systems are part of an important land-use strategy aimed at the maintenance of biodiversity, at the commercialization of wood products and other products, at quality of life and at environmental services such as carbon fixation. The greenhouse gas emission flows and the carbon stocked in the forests are indispensable information, and their estimation may support public policies on development and sustainability. Project GeoSaltus focuses on the use of geotechnologies for the developmen

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that mainly affects people over 65 years of age, resulting in loss of memory and cognitive functions such as language, attention, orientation and reasoning. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 24.3 million people worldwide suffered from AD and other types of dementia in 2007, with a doubling of this number every 20 years. That Organization also stresses that the impact of AD in develo

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2008

Embrapa Gado de Leite coordinates participatory rural development projects in 16 communities in nine municipalities of the State of Minas Gerais – i.e. Lima Duarte, Santana do Garambéu, Santa Rita de Ibitipoca, Pedro Teixeira, Ibertioga, Carvalhos, Bocaina de Minas and Alagoa, which have smallholder milk production as the main activity generating employment and income - and the Quilombola (Afro-Brazilian Settlement) Colônia do Paiol, in the municipality of Bias Fortes. Of these municipalities, s ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

The silvopastoral systems are a viable option to avoid degradation of pastures due to their potential to control erosion and the ability of some tree species to add nitrogen and other nutrients to the pasture, improving soil fertility. However, an important aspect in these systems refers to the competition for light between the tree/shrub and herbaceous components. Tiller production and the consequent density of inflorescences, directly related to seed production and, therefore, to natural resee

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2007

The effects of climate change can negatively affect productivity in agricultural and forest crops,and lead to a loss of biological diversity in tropical forests. On the other hand, forests areknown to be important in removing and storing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the soil and biomass,consume methane (CH 4 ), and have low emissions of nitrous oxide (N 2 O). Forests help regulatethe climate, provide ecosystem services, and are also related to the commitments contained inthe Paris Agreement, an int

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2019

Staphylococcus aureus ( S. aureus) is often associated with cases of bovine mastitis, a common disease in dairy herds that causes economic losses to the farmer and industry. In addition, S. aureus is often associated with outbreaks of food poisoning, as some strains can produce staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs). SEs are a major cause of gastroenteritis resulting from the consumption of contaminated foods, including milk and dairy products. Although S. aureus is dest ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2017