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

The Showcase of Dairy Technologies was assembled in the headquarters of Embrapa Dairy Cattle, located in the following address: Rua Eugênio do Nascimento, 610, bairro Dom Bosco, Juiz de For a MG. With an area of 81 m2, it uses modern, interactive, and didactic resources such as games, illustrated panels and videos. Its purpose is to promote the teaching of science, technology and innovation by means of the dairy agro-industrial chain in a clear and objective way. The Showcase is the representati ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2011

The adoption of intensive pig farming systems brought economies of scale, greater productivity and logistic gains, but it increased the incidence of infections and animal stress levels, resulting in bouts of infectious diseases and making the use of antimicrobials in subtherapeutic or preventive doses necessary to promote growth and to mitigate the occurrence of diseases.

However, the rise of viral infections in recent years, the increase in bacteria that are resistant to antimicrobials ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2017

The Serra Geral Territory, located in the north of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is composed of 16 municipalities and has an area of ​​20,581.20 km ², a total population of 285,678 inhabitants (2010 Census, IBGE), 105,196 of them living in rural areas, which correspond to 36.82% of the total. The main business of productive inclusion of the 41,011 family farming establishments, resulting in diversified economy in the rural sector, are dairy cattle, cotton farming, fruit growing of native

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

The development of new technologies for the agricultural sector from cutting-edge areas such as nanotechnology is a demand Embrapa has recognized. The crosscutting and pervasive nature of developments in this area also makes it difficult to understand models that allow these new technologies to actually reach the production sector. It is evident that when a company in the food sector assimilates new technology, its behavior is structurally different from that of a company in the plastics industr

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2011

The objective of this project was the improvement the web platform (GeoWeb Matopiba) and the development of an interface for mobile access to the data of the Strategic Territorial Intelligence System (SITE) Matopiba, with features to allow integrated analysis between data layers. The SITE Matopiba is the result of the special Project called “Embrapa's Strategic Action Plan in the Matopiba region”, which established the Company's strategic guidelines for operations in the region. The project incl

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2017

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

Agriculture is one of the economic sectors that are most heavily influenced by the climate and meteorological conditions: from sowing to harvest, various agricultural activities are promoted depending on the weather. Thus previous knowledge of such conditions through the daily monitoring and use of weather forecast information is an essential tool for agriculture. One of the ways to get weather information to support the timely decision-making of farmers is through agrometeorological monitor

Status: Completed     Start date: Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

In 2011, following an institutional action, Embrapa homogenized the organizational structures of all its Research Centers. This action was aimed at strengthening the process of technological innovation in the corporation. As regards innovation management, this restructuring posed challenges in order to reach its objectives. In this scenario, Embrapa Dairy Cattle's Technological Innovation Team (NIT) incorporated new assignments that required specific skills and knowledge of the entire group, as

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2013

Bifequali TT takes technologies to beef cattle farmers, with a focus on capacity-building for technicians. The participating properties are monitored and assessed so that the impact of the application of Embrapa's recommendations can be learned.
In 2013, technicians and Demonstrative Units were selected. The technicians have undergone training and the Demonstrative Units have been visited by members of the program. With the submission of this project, the group that is working on the progra ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014