Agriculture in Brazil is a means for promoting significant socioeconomic sustainable progress. However, the productivity of cereal crops such as maize, rice, wheat and sorghum is below their potential. The low availability of phosphorus (P) and inadequate fertilization are some of the major challenges of modern agriculture. In tropical soil, the phosphorus is carried out by adding high dosages of water-soluble phosphates, since most of the added fertilizer becomes unavailable because of fixat

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

Precision farming and agricultural practices that take into consideration the protection of the environment have brought forward a number of research challenges. The scale of sampling and the precision required by such new agricultural practices are often higher than those required by traditional agriculture, increasing production costs. Methods and devices for on-the-go measurements are being developed to equip agricultural vehicles to support these practices. The proposed project was guided

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

Embrapa has built a highly conducive environment for the use of strategic and competitive intelligence to support action planning and scheduling and to provide important information to the different agents in the supply chains to which it relates. This is expressed in Embrapa's Agropensa (Strategic Intelligence System) dedicated to producing and disseminating knowledge and information in support of the formulation of research, development and innovation strategies for the corporation and its par

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2017

In last the two decades, the melon agribusiness in Brazil has expanded nine times, reaching a production that is estimated at 500,000 tons per year and is concentrated in the Northeast. Since 2007, melons have become the main national fruit in volume of exports, and in 2008 Brazil was the second top world exporter. Nearly all melon cultivars planted in the Northeast are imported, and hence there is demand for more adapted ones, as the cultivars available were generally developed in soil and clim

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

The project “Technology transfer to consolidate low carbon emission agriculture in Tocantins” was carried out to consolidate an agriculture based in low carbon emission technologies, sharing the knowledge in conservation agriculture through capacity building of scientists, agronomists, extension workers and consultants, which were then capable to transfer low carbon technologies such as no-till system, degraded pastures recovery and integrated crop-livestock-forestry systems to farmers of all st

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

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

Brazil annually consumes 10.5 million tons of wheat, half of which is produced in the country, which entails an approximate outlay of 800 million dollars in wheat imports. The high cost of production and the difficulties in the obtention of cultivars with technological qualities that meet market requirements are among the main limiting factors for the Brazilian wheat production chain. Out of all the cultivars available from all Brazilian breeders, about two thirds were created from germplasm

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

In the past years, Brazil has stood out for its leadership and high competitiveness in food production, a position reached especially due to the substantial efforts put into research, development and innovation, associated with free entrepreneurship, natural favorable conditions, abundant and efficient food production, and governmental efforts, notably those of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (Mapa). However, if on one hand the quantitative issues regarding Brazil's food p

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

The availability of water for domestic, industrial, and agricultural use is of fundamental importance to the social and economic development of the arid and semi-arid regions. In the Brazilian semi-arid region, agricultural exploration is becoming more and more dependent on irrigation. Unfortunately, with the increase of irrigated areas, associated with the inadequate management of soil and water, the progressive increase of soil salinisation levels has been observed. In addition, the population

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

The experiment's goal is to study the interaction between nutrient availability and plant density over the production and allocation of biomass, nutrition and wood quality of homogenous populations of balsa wood ( Ochroma pyramidale )

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2011