Vegetables are essential foods in a healthy diet because of their supply of vitamins, minerals, and fibers. Additionally, they are sources of bioactive compounds that are related to the prevention of some illnesses. However, the low quality of the vegetables offered in most Brazilian markets reduces their attractiveness and supply, causing losses and waste, with high financial, social and environmental costs for society. The project aims to work on this issue with a focus on communication and te

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2015

Grapevine production is widespread areas with distinct climate conditions throughout the world. Adaptation to local environmental conditions results from evolutionary processes leading to functional and structural changes to maximize plant performance. Plant adaptation consists in a complex network of environmental sensing and interpretation processes coupled with endogenous environmental mechanisms to control development and generate the phenotypic plasticity required adapt growth and developme

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2011

One of the main post-harvest problems is the emergence of spoilage in oranges caused especially by fungi that depreciate the quality and decrease shelf life and may also compromise food safety. Various treatment technologies such as: modified atmosphere, irradiation, anti-microbial ice and high pressure, among others, have been studied in the quest to eliminate food pathogens. Thus, understanding mechanisms of microorganism control in foods have been the topic of intense research with the use of

Status: Completed     Start date: Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2008

Status: Completed     Start date: Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

The production of strawberries in Brazil is of great importance and has been experiencing increasing expansion every year. This culture still is of great social importance once great part of productive areas are based in family farming, thus being directly linked to family income, job offer and establishment of manpower in rural economical activities. Despite its importance, many are the technological gaps and few are the research institutions currently involved in strawberry studies. Great part

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

Artisanal cheeses are traditionally produced from raw milk. In the State of Minas Gerais they are regarded as intangible heritage of humanity by the Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage, with the following two regions of the State being awarded a geographic indication label: Canastra and Serro. These indications have been pursued by other regions producing artisanal cheeses. Currently, their sale is permitted by official bodies, but their production safely to the consumer is st

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2016

The cultivation of winter forage crops such as Italian ryegrass ( Lolium multiflorum) and velvet grass ( Holcus lanatus) is of extreme importance for increasing the productivity and efficiency of livestock production in the South Region and part of the Southeast Region of Brazil. However, there are few cultivars for use by farmers. The problem focused in this project is the lack of improved cultivars of temperate forage grasses, productive and adapted to the Brazilian conditions. T ...

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

One of the challenges smallholders in Northern Ethiopia face is improving food security in periods of low rainfall supply by identifying strategies to restore soil water stocks. In that region, over 50% of the water available for agriculture is lost due to issues like direct evaporation, surface runoff and deep drainage. The hypothesis is that the use of low cost technologies and intelligent solutions to identify strategies for water resupply and/or water storage in low cost containers like c

Status: Completed     Start date: Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2015

The farmer and the processing juice industry in Brazil and abroad, seeking ways to reduce their losses, through the use of new varieties, diversification of processing to obtain new products and the establishment of partnerships with centers research for the development of techniques using the residue of agribusiness. Aim thereby reducing the environmental impact generated by the production process and maximize your profits.

In this context, the Embrapa Food Technology, in partnership

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

The project aims to promote and develop of turtle farming in the municipality of Pracuúba, state of Amapá, combining bioecological aspects to support the management of . The project will be developed in a natural environment and in captivity to generate technologies, aiming at improving the species' cultivation systems and supplementing community's income. The promotion of aquaculture development in the state meets not only an environmental demand, but also an economic and social one. With th

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