Science to transform life

Agricultural research results and positive impacts on the economy, the environment and on consumers' tables

Grains

Brazil is one of the largest soybean producers. The 2015/2016 crop year totalled 196.5 million tons and it is estimated that it should reach 255 million tons in ten years. Growing wheat in the Cerrado, making dwarf barley cultivars available to prevent losses from lodging, and supplying technologies that enable intercropping maize with pastures are examples of achievements in Brazilian grain production. Other gains result from the organization of different stakeholders, such as the Anti-rust Consortium, a partnership between public and private institutions to standardize and publicize information on Asian rust, a common disease in soybean crops. Learn more about some of such contributions from agricultural research below.