The objective of this project is to select essential oils that have the potential for sanitary treatment in organic soybean production systems without interference in seed germination and are concomitantly compatible with the Bradyrhizobium bacteria, used to promote Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) in the crop.
The intention is to develop an efficient bioproduct that can be utilized by organic soybean farmers, which could work on the phytosanitary problems that hit the seeds, as i ...

Status: In progress     Start date: Sat May 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2021

The strengthening of Embrapa's Low Carbon Brazilian Beef brand is the goal of this project, through the consolidation of a process of permanent mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHG) in pastures. The intent is to replace the use of nitrogen fertilizers, whose production entails high GHG emissions, by intercropping pastures with forage legumes that add nitrogen to the system via biological fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. In addition, the presence of legumes increases the pasture's protein supply,

Status: In progress     Start date: Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2020

Northern Ghana is the most important region of this African country for the production of cereals and legumes, but the soils are degraded and lack nitrogen and phosphorus, basic nutrients for the growth of such crops. Previous projects therein had proven that the use of quality inoculants can improve nodulation and increase grain production by 30% to 50%. This project aimed to effectively increase the yields of cowpeas, peanuts and soybeans for smallholders in the region, based on the use of loc

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

One of the bottlenecks for the expansion of organic agriculture is the lack of nitrogen. A system that annually exports large amount of such nutrient with product harvests needs a continuous supply of the element to keep the system productive. However, organic production in Brazil cannot use nitrogen from synthetic sources, according to Law 10831, from 2003. Thus, green manure with the use of atmospheric nitrogen fixing legumes is a strategy for organic farmers.
However, generally speaking, ...

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

Cowpeas, peanuts and bambara groundnuts ( Vigna subterranea) are important pulses or dry grain legumes in the West of Africa; hence low cost technologies that increase their productivity could entail major nutritional and social impacts. Field experiments conducted in Ghana, in Africa, have shown 40% to 100% increments to production, after the use of rhizobium inoculants supplied by Embrapa.
In light of the above, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research's Savanna Agricultu ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014

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