a- Ministry ~f Agricu/ture -rndFood Supp/y

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Since the early 1970's, Brazil ian agribusiness has passed through great trdnsformations instigated by equally significant changes in its agricultural base.

In the first period, which ran to 1988, grain cu ltivated areas cons istently grew incorporating new areas heretofore believed unproductive. The production of commodities grew more than expected and there were gains in productivity. From 1989 onwards, productivity gains were even greater and more evident. Crain harvests increased while tillage areas diminished. Lands freed were left to recover or suffer less erosive processes such as pastures, forests, and fruit trees . This meant obvious gains for environmental conservation.

In ali these transformations and in whatever direction they went, EM BRAPA - Brazi lian Agricultural Research Corporation - has been there.

Whether th is meant operating research laboratories or leading a complex network of federal and state R&D ca lled the ational Agricultural Research System, EM BRAPA has placed its acknowledged scientific and technological competence at th e service of the development of agriculture and agroindustry.

Products, processes and services offered by EMBRAPA and its partners have contri buted in general to the increase of efficiency of Brazilian agribusiness. They have helped to increase productivity, tq reduce costs and use of chemica ls on farms, especially in the traditional crop areas of high technology agriculture.

They have created a modern agriculture and livestock for the cerrados, so-ca lled savannas, and they have transformed the semi-arid reg ions in the Brazilian ortheast in the greatest exporter of fine tropical fruits. EM BRAPA has permited Brazi l to enjoy new plants, new animais, new products and processes and to create new and sophisticated agribusiness and agroindust ry from such diversified ecosystems as Amazônia, Cerrados, Semi-Arid and the Pantanal.

This multidisciplinary scientific capaci ty and EMBRAPA 's insti tutional flexibility have helped not only Brazil but va ri ous other countries and scientific institutions abroad. By mea ns of technical cooperation agreements and contracts, EMB RAPA has ca rried out resea rch in joint ventures, trained researchers and technica l personnel, helped to organize R&D institutions for developing countries, exchanged or simply sold genetic materiais and even reg istered some international patents.

This partnership has been made w ith such promoting institutions as the Rockefeller Foundation, jICA, CTZ, ClMMYT, ClRAD, ICR'ISAT, IFPRI and 50 many others. Partn ersh ips have been developed in more than 20 countri es such as Argentina, So uth Africa, Cuba, Egypt, icaragua and Tunisia.

Today, EM BRAPA has an admirable work force allowing the generation of agricultural and agroindustrial technology. This is particularly the case of the demands in the tropical agribusiness sector. With its 39 research units, modern laboratori es and 9,500 specialized people - 2, 100 are researchers, EMBRAPA believes that it can offer help in tropica l agribusiness ali over the worl d. p R o G R A M s o Natural Resources o Genetic Resources o Biotechnology o Grains o Fruits and Vegetables o Animal Production o Raw Materiais o Forestry and Agroforestry Production Systems o Rationalization of Subsistence and Low Income Agriculture o Post Harvesting, Processing and Preserving Agricultural Products o Environmental Quality o Agricultural Automation

L: ~egional and Rural Development o R&D Activity Support Information o Technical Cooperation o Funding the State Research System o Management and Institutional Development

p R o R T E s

Modernize tropical agriculture by

o increasing the supply of foods and improving the quality of produce o reducing the production costs of farming activities o maintaining the quality of the environment o modernizing technology for the agroindustrial complex o stimulating the creation and development of small and medium agribusiness o rationalizing agricultura I and livestock production for small farms.

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Corn the champion of productivity

EMBRAPA has put on the market approximately technical assistance and training. This 30 com cultivars, hybrids and varieties in Brazil. franchising contract yields US$ 1.2 million each This has resulted in greater profits for farmers, year. This money is put back into new research increased employment and mainly it has allowed by EMBRAPA. At present, the BR-201 com for both a quantitative and qualitative rise in food cultivar occupies 14% of the market for hybrid available. When the double hybrid BR-201 com com in Brazil. EMBRAPA has also put the BR- cultivar was put on the market with its high 106 com variety on the market representing 9% tolerance to acid soils and yields of 8.5 to of ali the seleded com seed grown in Brazil. 15 tons per hectare, EMBRAPA offered a This variety of com is noted for its high social franchise to UNIMILHO which is a group of 27 ano produdive potential. The BR-1 06 is widely sma ll and medium grain producing firms ading grown by farming communities, collective throughout 8 states . EMBRAPA transfers systems or by certified seed producing technology, controls quality and offers both cooperatives, sustituting bin corn seeds .

6 Soybean is a guaranty of profit On average, EMBRAPA has offered 4 new soybean cultivars each year which are adapted to the different ecological regions in Brazil. These varieties, given their high-yield characteristics and resistance to the main diseases, have guaranteed the stability of regional production and the increase of income at the farm leveI. Also developed by EMBRAPA, technology is available to improve the process of production of high quality seeds. This has allowed soybean seed farmers a minimum return of one 60 kg sackJha/year.

Modernization comes to bean harvesting Bean culture, once marked by primitive crop practices, has nowadays been totally mechanized from sowing to harvesting. Thanks to efforts made by research, the Safira cultivar - an erect bean variety - permits mechanical harvesting with the conventional harvesters eq uipped with kits. This has allowed for the expansion of this cu lture in areas where labor is scarce. Furthermore, the possibility of harvesting beans mechanically is an incentive for cropping at enterprise leveis.

7 Pest control reduces losses of stored wheat Integrated pest management for stored wheat with preventive measures taken after sampling and monitoring inspection, has permitted a loss reduction of at least 5% of stored wheat. Utilization of this EMBRAPA technology, only for the domestic wheat yields of around 3 million lons each year, would mean that Brazil would cease lo lose some 150 thousand tons. This amount would be sufficient to feed almost 4 mil/ion people.

8 • i# . White corn - a new .'---' ...... ;-:- I I 'J ". , alternative ... .- &... • : -.>01 EMBRAPA has put on the market the BR-451

Minas Gerais state.

Cassava: return on research EMBRAPA researchers have identified the best way to obtain flour from the aerial par! of the plant which traditionally has been thrown away. Th is flour which can be easily made at home is rich in vitamins A, C and complex B, iron and calcium and has been recommended as a complementary food mainly for pregnant women and undernourished ch ildren.

Great vegetable advance Research has offered great advance in the field of genetic breeding and in the improvement of vegetable prpduction systems. EMBRAPA has put on the market 34 new cultivars and hybrids of carrots, cucumbers, sweet corn, cabbage, sweet potato, potato, squash, tomato, onion, eggplant, peas, lentil and mustard. This has meant an increase in yields, improvement in quality, the regularization of the supply of market garden products, decrease in production costs, less aggression to lhe environment and a diminution of dependency on the importation of seeds from almost 70% in 1981 to less than 30 % in 1991 .

9 Expansion of fruit cu/tu re in temperate climates The blackberry, intrOOuced by EMBRAPA, at present counts on the Tupi, Guarani and Caigangue cultivars which have been raised for Brazilian conditions. Given its high yields, low production costs and stature, the blackberry offers an excellent alternative for the small farmer, mainly. New peach cultivars, to be created for Rio Grande do Sul state and the South of Minas Gerais state make possible increasing the harvest periOO of 20 days to almost 3 months, involving 30 thousand people engaged in this activity between the months of November and February. New food options from the Brazilian Cerrados EMBRAPA has resea rched some 40 fruit species from the cerrados with a view to taking advantage of their foOO and medicinal properties. Some of these native species, such as pequi, araticum, mangaba, cagai la, baru, macaúba, guari roba and buriti - rich in proteins and vitamin C - are marketed on a small scale and consumed by people both "in natura" in the form of ice cream, desserts, liqueurs, jams, flours, oils, condiments, heart of paim and salted dishes. Trip/e yie/ding cashew The technique of substituting cashew crowns and low-yielding cashew trees by grafting, using propogules o( selecled clones has been adopled by big, medium and small producers in the ortheast of Brazil. This technique permits the increase of the present productivity of cashew nuts (rom 200 to 600 kglha/year and also uses intensive labor thus reducing in around 65 % the production costs. 11 can be easily adopted due lo low inveslmenls demanded and Jittle use of inpulS. Capital invesled is recovered within a period of two years. Its adoption with '4.3% o( cashew in the Northeast oHers more than 5,000 jobs directly and indirectly.

10 National milk yields increase four times Dairy cattle research seeks to improve and accumulate knowledge on nutrition, reproduction, breeding, sanitary conditions, forage and management of dairy herds which are pure bred ar mixed breeds. Technologies already developed allow at least a four-fold increase in the control of the average yields in this sector which do not exceed 2 liters/cow/ day. Technology is available to 1.2 million milk producers of which 1 million are small farmers • whose production is below 50 liters daily. The technique of lhe slrategic feedin& of cows in lhe period before and after bi rth perm its a reduction in the interval between births from 20 to 14 months, thus allowing a net annual increase of 30"10 for each cow. Research advances to increase meat production Beef cattle research has shown significant advance in the control of botul ism, the hornfly and verminosis as well as orientation on controlled breeding seasons, selection of cows and bulls, supply of improved genetical material, cross-breeding techniques and artifical insemination and in the development of alternative vaccines against bovine babesiosis. The adoption of these technologies by breeders brings expressive advances in the growth of beef callle productivity.

11 EMBRAPA produces the Poultry: Brazil's white first test tube calves in egg races the world In order to diminish externai dependence on genetic materiais, research has been developed It is now possible to obtain a greater number of with a view to forming and selecting competilive zebu embryos at lower cost. A very sucessful technological innovation carried out by national poultry races. An example of this is lhe EMBRAPA in the field of animal embryology has EMBRAPA 011 , the only nalional race producing been responsible for the birth of the first test white eggs avai lable today on the home market. tube Zebu calves in the world. lhey are two lhe genetic potential of the EMBRAPA 011 can Nellore calves. lhe technique used was "in vitro" be understood by the production of 319 eggs fecundation already utilized in Europe, the wilhin a period of 20 to 80 weeks, with average United States and in Brazil, but only with weighl of 59 grams and reaching a production taurines. peak of 93% during 9 weeks.

12 New forage improves beef cattle production Research has put severa I forage species on the market such as Tanzãnia-1, Mombaça, Marandu, Stylosanthes Mineirão and Andropogon. These new forage options have contributed considerably to the increase of production and productivity of beef cattle in terms of kilograms of meat/ha/year. In central Brazil, the introduction of these forages can contribute to an annual increase of 200 thousand tons of beef production.

Economy with swine rations reaches US$ 700 thousand a year The combination of technologies in genetic breedi ng using half-bred sows in commercial pig breeding, the employment of reproductive management techniques and the diminution of risk factors during maternity allows an increase in productivity of 18 suckling pigs!sow yearly. These technologies, added to others available, have permitted a reduction of up to 30"10 of the costs in pigs to be slaughtered.

Barreirão systems renews pastures and increase the production of grains Almost ali of the 117 million hectares of pastures of the cerrados are degraded. Now EM BRAPA has put the Barreirão System on the market. This system associates the renovation of pastures with the simultaneous production of grains. When applied each yea r in 20 million hectares of pastures, this technology permits the increase of 36 million tons in rice yields and 60 million tons of com. To date, the system has been applied to 300 thousand hectares of Brazilian cerrados.

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Paraná pine offers an alternative to erosion The utilization of the regeneration of cut and bourned thickets, in low fertility soils, planting the Paraná pine, is an alternative recommended by EMBRAPA to increase the added value of the low timber worth of brushwoods, thus providing profits of approximately 140%. Forestry and agriculture unit to conserve the Parasites attack wheat environment aphid Exploitation models of exotic and native species To diminish the use of inseticides for the control such as pinus, eucalyptus, erva-mate, grevi lea of wheat aphids, EMBRAPA has introduced, and bracati nga associated w ith other food crops researched, multiplied, divulged and released or animais - sustainable alternatives to the several kinds of aphid parasites. With this production of foods and wood - have been technology, the use of insecticides was reduced divulged by research and adapted to other from three applications yearly wherever this species such as the Paraná pine. Work with cereal was cultivated to only one appl ication native species to serve as sh~de for pastures and over 5% of the area planted. the production of fence stakes have also generated economic and ecological alternatives for the improvement of ani mal production systems. This is es pecially the case in the southern regi ons of Brazil. 16 Expeditions guarantee food for the future Expeditions to collect vegetal germplasm (plants, seeds and seedlings) have been carried out throughout Brazil, particularly in areas threatened by the advance of the agricultural frontier and by such great projects of engineering as the building of hydroelecric dams or mining. On these expeditions, primitive cultivars are tollected for conservation and study, especially those in the hands of traditional farmers as well as forest species of value for research and plant genetic improvement. Besides those species of immediate economic interest, other species with future economic potential are retrieved for food, medicines, filbers and colorings and for the Nuclei conserve production of energy. More than 200 expeditions have been carried out and over 30 thousand endangered species accessions collected. Germplasm (semen and embryos) of bovines, buffaloes, equines, goats, sheep and swine form nuclei for breeding and preservation. These can be found in different Brazilian ecosystems - the Pantanal, Semi-Arid, the Pampas and Amazonia - where they have sufferied natural selection over hundreds of years. Besides the cryo­ preservation (conservation in I iquified nitrogen) of embryos and semen, these nuclei guarantee the survival of domestic animais, especially those threatened with extinction - Pantaneiro and lavradeiro horses, Pantaneiro bovines, Criolo­ lageano and Mocho Nacional, Guará wolf, the northeastern donkey and Moxotó, Marota, Canindé and Repartida goats. New techniques reduce loss of soi! Practices for the management and preservation of soils by research - control of water erosion and regeneration of the organic matter cycle - have contributed to the maintenance, recuperation and increase of production. These practices have lessened soil 1055. These have reached the sum of 1 billion tons yearly, silting rivers and reservoirs. In the South, Southeast and Middle West, the adoption of recommended pradices has brought significant results. For each dollar invested, there has been a return of 1 S.

17 Recommendations guarantee fewer agricultural chemicals on the farm Recommendations for fungicides, period and suitable dosages for the control of mildew, anthracnose and oidium on vines together with green pruning and the elimination of dry pruning have guaranteed a reduction of costs in production, equivalent to two fungicide applications annually, on lhe Serra Gaúcha. Sugarcane produces more with fewer inputs Technologies developed for sugarcane such as, harvesling without burning and the use of the CB 15-3 or SP 7011-43 varieties, have permitted the increasing substitution of nitrogen fertilizers for the biological fixation of nitrogen. The application of this technology in 8 thousand Bioinsectide preserves hectares in the region of Campos-RJ and in lhe and helps the farmer to slate of Pernambuco logether with the possi bi I ily of economy for Brazil while maintaining economize productivity of crops permits a reduction of soil EMBRAPA has developed and utilizes degradation. 8acu/ovírus spodoptera to control the fali ~~ armyworm, the main corn pest in Brazi!. Besides contributing towards the preservation of the environment, the bioinsecticide offers economy for the farmer. Application of this bioinsecticide by either aspersion or sprinkle irrigation, utilizing a portable sprayer which can be linked lo lhe system, economizes labor, fuel and time.

18 Original program evaluates environmental impact in irrigated areas For the first time in Brazil, the environmental impact caused by the use of agricultural chemicals and biological control agents in irrigated farming areas is being evaluated. The project, which began in 1993, is being carried out by EMBRAPA in the region of Guafra (SP). This is the place of aspersion irrigation in Brazil. The Guafra Project studies diffentiated micro­ waterbasins where, by means of semi-detailed environmental zoning, 5 subbasins and 49 microbasins have been delimited.

Environment Atlas: research contributes to education The Atlas of the Brazilian Environment has been elaborated especially for primary and secondary students and has been an important mark for the Brazilian publishing market. This original contribution has been published jointly by EMBRAPA and the Editora Terra Viva with the financiai support of the Banco do Brasil Foundation. There are innumerable updated facts on environmental issues such as population explosion, urban growth, energy, erosion, desertification, pollution, devastation of the forests, world biomass and biodiversity, including the interrelationships between poverty and the environment, food, education and citizenship which have made this Atlas an indispensible instrument for our younger generations.

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Cashew nut has a model factory EMBRAPA has installed in the hinterland of the state of Ceará a factory-school to train technicians and farmers to process cashew products. There are also two units to process the fruit pulp, two for cashew shavings and two central processing units for cashew nuts, with 20 satel/ite units which will be managed by small rural producers. The Project has funds from the PAPP - Small Cashew nut: from the Farmer Support Program sponsored by the World Bank and the Superintendence for Development laboratory to industry of the Northeast-Sudene. This Project wil/ The new clones of the precocious dwarf cashew directly benefit 300 producers. tree developed by research are more resistant and present productivity ranging from 800 to 1000 kg/ha of cashew nuts. They also present favorable industrial characteristics such as an easy peeling of the skin which envelopes the kernel, difficult opening of the protection of the kernel during industrial processing, high-yield of the entire nut, and with a higher fruit pulp. These clones present an industrial return of 85 % of the entire kernel, whereas the current types yield 55%. The utilization of these new clones permits an increase in returns on each lot of a thousand kilos of cashew nut processed . Gum can be extracted from the cashew tree The process of extraction of gum or resin from the cashew tree has been made feasible by EMBRAPA permitting the obtaining of 1 kg/plant/ year. When used on 2,060 hectares in the Brazilian Northeast, this technology permits the elimination of the importation of this product and provides sufficient arabic gum to meet ali the needs of food industries, cosmetic and pharmaceutical manufacturers, and for varnishes.

22 Research improves the quality of wines EMBRAPA grape research seeks to improve the final quality of its products - wines, grape juice and subproducts. This also involves the maintenance of satisfactory leveis of productivity and reduction of production costs. This technology has meant an improvement in the qual ity of these products, especially 50 in the case of fine wines.

Nutritive macaroni attacks hunger Equipment to make the Developed jointly with ABIMA-Brazilian Pasta cod industry viable Manufacturers Association- this supermacaroni, with vitamin supplementation, made from EMBRAPA has developed a fish drying common wheat flour, is intended for children equipment which is of low cost to build and and for nursing mothers. This new product is operate. This is also allied to sanitary control enriched with vitamins A, B 1, B2, B6, PP and technical conditions for drying (temperature, (nicotinamide) iron, Iysine to increase protein velocity of the air and relative humidity). With potential and other minerais. Each 100 grams of this device, it is possible to produce 320 kg of the dry product after cooking, supplies 60% of fillet which is salted and dried - such as codfish daily caloric needs. - monthly.

23 Drier guarantees more Technology produces income for the fruit tropical fruit aromas grower lhe aroma of such tropical fruits as soursop, cupuaçu, bacuri, taperebá and murici are being EMBRAPA has developed low cost equipment extracted and added to the most diverse to dry such fruits as banana, pineapple, cashew industrialized foods. lhis has been possible due and apple. It has been geared to small farmer to the adaptation of technology to obtain natural needs. Up to now, the existing equipment was aromas. A process has also been developed to oestined for use on a large scale and demanded process guaraná and heart-of-palm in the form high investments. lhe drier reduces loss and is of powder and also technology for making easy to bu ild and handle. Although it has only cheese and yoghurt from buffalo milk, with been recently put on the market, approximately exotic tropical fruit flavors. 7 thousand farmers, especially in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro states, have shown interest in acquiring the construction and operational manual.

24 EMBRAPA and SEBRAE stimulate new agribusiness EMBRAPA in partnership with SEBRAE-Brazilian Support Service for Micro and Small Enterprises has carried out an experience involving the temporary loan of industrial equipment to set in order the production I ine of small · food agribusiness. This is happening in 3 enterprises working with juices, drinks, and soluble coffee in Rio de janeiro. The idea is to raise the technological standards and production of these agroindustries, helping them to dominate new technology and capitalize in order to acquire new equipment. In this same line, EMBRAPA maintains a contract w ith INTI - Agroindustry and Commerce Lld. This is a family firm which manually produces guarana syrup and drink to sell on the beaches of.Rio de janeiro. Thanks to a loan from EMBRAPA of an automatic measuring and dispensing device, INTI has increased by 300% income from production and has made 50 new jobs available. EMBRAPA has also helped the Cooperfrut - Fruit Growers Cooperative from Imburi da Barra-Rj to install a passion fruit juice industry offering equipment for a given time to pasteurize and dispense automatically this product.

Agroindustry uses EMBRAPA corn EMBRAPA has developed the BR-410 sweet com, a simple hybrid with the average yield of 10 tons per hectare. This com is used as a vegetable and offers more suitable conditions for use as a conserve or canned. From 1993 on, the BR-410 was processed industrially in the Dehydrated apple on form of a conserve by Peixe Fábricas. Peixe, under agreement with EMBRAPA, utilized this the market technology and put EMBRAPA's archievement Research has developed apple processing on the customer's table. technology in the form of chips and also processes to utilize the apple in the form of juice, jams and jellies, and desserts. EMBRAPA has also developed jams and jellies from blackberries, using the natural juice of the fruit.

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!li-=- .=--- The Northeast has agroecological zoning

The Agroecological Zoning of the Northeast, elaborated by EMBRAPA, is the most complete atlas of its type in Brazil. It defines 172 geoenvironmental units grouped into 20 • • ecosystem units offering references and •• •• information on the natural resources, such as soil, relief, vegetation, c1imate and waíer resources together with such socio-economic resources as produdion systems, main produds, land structure and population density.

Living with drought Living with drought technology has been developed by EMBRAPA. Such technologies include dams for salvation irrigation, underground dams, rural cislerns and "in silu" calchment. They have been tesled and approved to catch and hold rainwaler, thus guaranteeing lhe survival of man, plants and animais in lhe Brazilian semi-arid regions.

28 Map orients Brazilian agriculture EMBRAPA gathered information on soils, climate, vegetation and rainfall over 40 years in order to elaborate the Macroecological Design Map of Brazil on a scale of 1: 5,000,000. This is an important instrument for planning and reducing risks taken in farming production. The Map constitutes a basis for the orientation of regional development since it indicates the areas ---~-~- - of greater or lesser potential for agriculture and livestock activities and for preservation of the environment.

Research evaluates the agriculture and livestock occupation of Amazônia For almost 10 years, EMBRAPA has accompanied more than 450 rural properties in Machadinho D'Oeste, Rondônia, characterizing and monitoring the farming occupation of the Amazon region and evaluating its environmental impact. Periodically, using remote sensing techniques, geographical information systems and geocodified surveys in the field, 200 variables have been collected, 2 big data bases set up and updated and more than 200 maps plotted. Production systems used in the region are described and their sustainability evaluated.

29 The Semi-Arid region is the new exportation center for fruits and vegetables EMBRAPA research for the irrigable areas of the Brazilian ortheast has been directed to irrigation engineering, a soil-water-plant atmosphere complex, seeds and alternative production systems. EMBRAPA, for example, introduced and developed, production systems for such cultures as grapes, dates, various types of melons, tomatoes, asparagus and fruits in several areas ofthe Semi-Arid region . Today, the Petrolina-Juazeiro center is important for irrigated agriculture and for the production of these horticultural products. Asparagus, for example, can be cultivated in the region ali year round with yields up to 7 t/ha, while in the South this culture is limited to yields of, at the most, 2 tlha and with harvesl periods of only two monlhs each year. The Feliz Center - a sucessful initiative EMBRAPA crealed cenlers for diffusion of lechnology, demonslrative areas installed in easily accessible places. With the objective of finding allernatives in order to shorten the time lag between the generation of knowledge and its incorporation into the productive process and accelerate regional development. EMBRAPA offers technological support, carries out some field work and acquires necessary inpuls. EMA TER - slale diffusion and exlension servi ces, Iransfers results to the inleresled parties. The city of Feliz is the headquarters of the center for diffusion in lhe state of Rio Grande do Sul. Fruit culture has gained its place at the local levei, offering new alternatives of income for farmers. With the establis hment of this Center, the fa rmers of the region are expanding on a commercial scale the produclion of blackberries and of figs in lhe off season . This has permitted su pplying this fruit for the region before it arrives from other states.

30 Si/vânia - an examp/e of partnership

The county of Silv~nia-GO, over lhe pasl few years has been lhe slage of a promising experimenl promoling developmenl in lhe soulhwesl of lhe slale of Goias which is a Iypical region Df Brazilian cerrados. The so-called Silvânia Project, begun in 1987 by EMBRAPA logelherwilh Emaler-GO, aims aI idenlifying and evalualing lhe produclion syslems of lhe counly and analyzing lhe faclors which hinder lhe development of lhe farms. These factors may be eilher lechnical, economic or social. In lhe Silvânia project, research and rural extension act in direct co/laboration with farmers awakening Iheir inlerest to organize and manage Iheir business in a community arrangernenl. Thus, Ihey can receive financiai credil or funds for lhe adoplion of lhe recommended lechnologies and improve lhe managing and produClivily of lhe farms. The projecl also seeks lo train farmers in lhe uli/izalion of suilable techniques for lhe syslem of produclion and exploilation of the environmenl, improving Iheir socio-economical condi/ions. Among lhe results of this Project, 23 associalions were formed as we/l as a headquarlers crealed for the small (armers of lhe counly. This slralegy should slrenglhen associalivism. Resulting from Ihese actions, faclories were seI up 10 transform produCIS inlo houshold goods adminislered by lhe member themselves. There are Iwo factories for sweels and anolher for cassava flour. The implanlalion Df communi/y (arms (or lhe prOduclion of improved seeds and for lhe capilalizalion of lhe associalions was made.

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Device reduces fungicide spraying The eletronic humectographer developed by research allows the farmer to economize Pregnancy detector expressive amounts of fungicides only by the guarantees 100% monitoring of the period of the wetting of the leaves. This is the period in which the water accuracy runs free on the surface of the plants thus favoring Research has developed a device to detect, by the growth of the pathogens. The local means of transrectal touch, pregnancy in mares temperature of the crops, mainly fruit, should and cows with 100% indication. This happens also be monitored. With this device, for 22 and 35 days respectively after covering. In example, fungicide sprayed on vines and on the traditional process, this result can only be tomatoes can be reduced in up to 50% and 70% found after 60 days by means of manual touch. respectively. Utilizing this technology, the farmer can economize substantially with the necessary management in the gestational period.

Frozen embryos count on new equipment Equipment for the freezing of embryos has been put on the market and substitutes the imported cold chambers. This equipment can be used by farmers who use genetic breeding to increase milk and meat yields and to choose birth data without needing to synchronize host and donator animais. In addition, this equipment faci litates the transport of embryos over long distances.

34 Lard can now be measured by ultrasound EMBRAPA pul lhe first Brazilian lard thickness measurer, using ullrasound, on lhe market. Used Tomograph goes to the on live animais, the measurer supplies field informalion on carcass quality and is easy lo handle, diminishing in 80% lhe lime necessary EMBRAPA has developed a compulerized for lhe measuring of lard thickness. This lomograph technique for lhe analysis of soils and measuremenl is direct, rapid and precise, plants. II has also developed a laboratory and eliminaling lhe risk of conlamination in animais. portable Ihomograph for use in lhe field. The The device is especially useful for bolh breeders portable equipmenl permits the 'delailed analysis and farmers. 11 offers economic advantages since of soils, compactation, rools and humidity and lhe genetic gains are permanenl and can be of trees up to 30 centimeters in diameler. trans(erred to third parties through the sales of Tomograph image, besides nol deslroying lhe hogs. sample, can be scrulinized in lhe field. 35 Solar Collector cleans the soi! This equipment which uses solar energy for disinfesting the substrata (soils, manure and turf) is another of EMBRAPA's inventions. The Solar Collector permits, in one day alone with a cloudless sky, the elimination of the greater part of soil pathogens, including such weeds as the native tiririca. Easi ly built, it also allows for the survival of beneficiai microorganisms to control reinfestation. The equipment does not represent any danger to the user and can be used by farmers, especially vegetable growers and research institutions using pots for trials.

Equipment facilitates sunflower harvesting Original in Brazil, this corn platform harvester was adapted to gather sunflower and was put on the market by EM BRAPA in 1994. It represents a technological advance for the cultivation of sunflower and guarantes harvests practically free of losses. In essence, it is a kit made up of chains and blades which can be easi Iy adapted to the harvester and works at a 7 - 9 km/hour speed.

36 High technology for the analysis of seed The technique of nuclear magnetic resonance which permits the quantification of the oil content in seeds after a few seconds is the secret this device holds. This equipment does not destroy the seed and permits the selection of the better ones, thus increasing the efficiency of genetic improvement projects. It can also be used by cooperatives and agroindustries for the determination of the oil content in grai ns.

Software facilitates rural administration EMBRAPA, together with COOPERVAP - Vale Paracatu Agricultural Cooperative, has developed software which is capab le of supplying the rural producer with a simple cost plan. Thus, it is easier lo oblain technical recommendalions, analyze lhe viabil ily of projects and improve the cost-benefit ralio. Also included in lhe program are lechniques for the conlrol of pesls, diseases and weeds and a dalabase for farm records.

Information science helps agriculture In partnership wilh IN PE - Nalional Space Research Insl itule, SPRI NG - Syslem for lhe Processing of Geo-Informalion - has been developed wilh NTIA software for agriculture. This Syslem is the only Brazilian lechnology which incorporales lhe funclionalilies of geoprocessing, management of information and slalistical analyses and are written in C and C + + programming languages. Thus, Ihey can be run on lhe silicon graphics SUN and IBM work slations.

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MIDDLE-WEST

• Headqull1era • Unltl • LOCIllnd reglonll SPSB manegement

N.lio"..1 Conlor for R.... reh on C.n.lie R•• oureo. and Some Technologies Produced Biolechnology - CENARCEN • Making viable a third planting date for beans in the Center­ SAIN, Parque Rural , W/3 Norte (final) West region with use of technologies for a greater stability of Phone (061 ) 273-0100 grain offer Telex (061 ) 1622 • Recommendation, jointly with the SNPA, of various dryland Fax (061 ) 274-3212 rice cultures - which presently occupy about 8O '%. of the p!anted Caixa Poslal 02372 area in Central Brazil- and of irrigated rice CEP 70770 - 900 Brasflia-DF • Recommendation of various bean cultivars, in respon se to Objeclives consumer requirements conceming grain characteristics • Cuarantee lhe diversity af genetic resourees and develop • Development and diffusion of the inverted sai! preparation biotechno)ogical methodologies and processes for their technique utilization for the benefit of society. • Making viable the technique for pasture renovation with rice Some Technologies Produced and com , called lhe · Sistema 8arreira.o· • Protocols (or detection cf viruses, viroides, bacteria, fungi, • Development of an integrated contrai technique of brusone nematoides and insects in post . entry quarantine • Incorporation af arcelins, protein responsible (or genelic • Methodology for the biochemical and molecular resistance lo worms of lhe bean plant, into bean grains of lhe characterization cf plan15, animais and microorganisms of commercial type. agricultural interest • Techniques for the long-lerm conservation 01 vegetal germplasm National Cenlor lar Research on Boel Cattle - CNPCC · in vilro· Rodovia BR 262, km 4 • Management techniques for vegetal and animal genetic Phone (06n 763-1030 resources Telex (6n 2153 • AClive germplasm bank network for the principal nalive and Fax (06n 763-2245 cultivated species of the country Caixa Postal 154 • Bioinsecticide produClion process for contrai of lhe urban CEP 79106-970 - Campo Grande-M5 mosquito Objectives • long-term conservation cf gcnetic resourees in a base Generate, adapt, promote and transfer knowledge and technology collection (COLBASE). for the sustainable development of the national beef production complex, for the benefit of society. NaliOn.llI Cenl.r for Research on Rico and B.an. - CNPAF Some Technologies Produced Rodovia Goiânia/Sanlo Anlônio de Goiás - km 12 • Mineral formulas lar the contrai of "cara inchada" of caule Phone (062) 212-1999 and for supplementation of stable-bred catlle in the cerrado Telex (062) 2241 • IntroduClion joint1y with IAPAR, CPAC, CPATU, CPAF -AC, Fax (062) 212-2960 CEPALC and EPAMIG of Panicum maximum cultivar Caixa Postal 179 "Mombaça" and joint introduClion with CPAC of the cultivar CEP 74001 -970 Goiania-GO "Mineirao" (Stylosanthes guianensis) Objec:tives • IntroduClion of Marandu and Tanzani.. l grasses • Generate, promole, divulge and Iransfer knowledge and • Determination 01 lhe genetic value of zebu bulls controlled by technologies of wide application, in a direct andlor integrated lhe Brazilian Assoeiation of Zebu Raisers (ABCZ) lhroughout manner, lo olher institutions, for lhe sustainable development the whole national territory, in arder to elaborate buli of rice and bean cultures in the counlry, for lhe benefit 01 society summaries

39 • Vaccine against cattle tick fever provoked by parasites in cattle Cenler for Agricullure and Liveslock of Ih. W.sl - CPAO • Inlegraled conlrol of lhe horn fly Rodovia BR 163 km 253 • Automatic salt dispensers and Curral model SOO . Phone (067) 421-0411 Telex (6 7) 4026 National Center for Horticultural Research - CNPH Fax (0671 421-0811 BR 060 Brasllia- Anápolis km 09, Fazenda Tamanduá C.ix. Posl.1 661 Phone (0611556-5011 CEP 79804-970 - Dourados-MS Telex (061 ) 2445 Ob;ectives F.x (0611 556-5744 • Generate, adopt and diffuse scienti(ic and technological Caixa Posl.1 218 knowledge lor the sustainable development of agriculture in CEP 70359-970 - Brasllia-DF lhe western region o( lhe country (or the bene(it of soc iety. Objectives Some Technologies Produced E)(ecute, promote and articulate scientific and technological • Utilization and aerial application o( Baculovirus anticarsia for ac:tivities for the development o( the Horticultural Production control of the soybe.n pesl EI.smop.lpus lignosellus Syslem (SPH) in Brazil. • Recommendations o( technologies generated and/or adapred Some Technologies Produced (or soybean, wheat, rice, bean and COrn (or Mato Grosso do Sul (recommendations are made annually, based on re search • Introdudion o( cultivars and hybrids of carrot, cucumber, sweet results obt.ined in lhe SI.te) com, cabbage, potato, sweet potato, melon, tomato, onion, • Introduction o( cultivars o( soybean, wheat, irrigated rice and eggplant, pea, mustard and lentil, total ing 34 new materiais be.n for M.to Grosso do Sul • Introduction o( new horticu!ture options (or the national • Recommendation of species af black oat . forage turnip. rape, producer, such as lentil, chick pea, mustard and cucumber (or fiai pea, (orage pea and rye (or cover and winter green manuring conserves and establishment o(the tecnical-economic viability • Introduction of lhe termite borer for destruction o( lhe mound of lhe culture of poIalo, seed potalO, pea, sweel corn .nd lomalo termite (or processing in the cerrado region o( Central Brazil • Systems o( soil management, quantificarion o( hydric erosíon • Production of virus (ree seM polato and basic seed o( carrOI, losses, water and nutrients pea, sweet com, onion and other horticultural crops (ormerly • Recommendation o( wheat cultivars of high industrial quality 10lally imported with superior characteristics, and improvement of common • Introdudion o( noble garlic cultivars suitable to the climate wheats. and soi! o( Central arazil, with respect;ve production systems • Production o( an anti-serum (or detection o( plant viruses, Cenler for Agricullur.1 Research on lhe Pantanal - CPAP especial'y (or diagnosis in polato and Cucurbitaceae Ru. 21 de Selembro, 1880 • Development o( new tomato varieties resistant to the virus Phone (0671 231-1430 "vira-cabeça· o( tomato Telex (671 7044 • Development o( precocious varieties o( Peruvian carrot (six to Fax (0671 231-1011 eighl monlhs), of high produClivity ( 25 Ilha.). Caixa Postal 109 CEP 79320-900 - Corumbá-MS Center for Agriculture R.... rch on lhe Cerr.dos - CPAC Objeclives BR 020, km 18, Rodovi. Brasllia/Fortalez. • Gener.le, .d.pl .nd Ir.nsfer knowledge .nd lechnologies, Phone (0611 389-1171 aiming at lhe developmenl of lhe P.nt.n.1 following Fax (061) 389-2953 conservationisl principies. Telex (6111621 Some Technologies Produced C.ix. Poslal 08223 • Delinilion of c.lf m.nagemenl technology (e.rly we.ning) in CEP 73301-970 - PI.n.l!ina-DF native pastures in order to increase the birth rate Objectives • Definition o( the mounting season which increases lhe birth • Condud research to become acquainted with the natural and r.le by 70% socioeconomic resources o( the cerrados and their potential (or • Development of lechnologies for improvement of canle r.ising utilization. in order to create technologies appropriate to the by means of mineral supplementation with calcium and region . phosphorus, vermí(ugal application and rational management of native and cultivated pastures Some Tecno logies Oeveloped • Definition o( the best period (or protection o( spawning as a • Uliliz.lion of n'live species (pequi, j.lob., b.ru, c.gail') of subsidy to fishing legislalion of Mato Grosso do Sul lhe cerrados for hum.n .nd anim.1 feeding • Techniques of monitoring o( natural populations o( alligators • Developmenl of fertilizalion lechniques for lhe cerrados • Techniques for lhe evalu.tion of lhe rep(oduClive potenlial of • Sludies on biological nilrogen fixalion in soybe.n, pe., be.n, lhe .11 ig.lor green m.nures .nd forages • Techniques of monitoring o( natural populations of lhe • Recommendation of cultivars o( wheat, soybean, fruit trees, capyvara. cassava, eucalyptus. coffee and pinus (or lhe region o( lhe cerrados Info"""lion Production Service -SPI • Recommendation of {ruit trees, eucalyptus, coffee, and pinus SAIN P.rque Rural (Fin.1 W3 Norte) for lhe cerrado region Phone (061) 348-4162/348-4155 • Technology on 50il m.nagemenl, inlegraled pesl conlrol, under Telex (6t) 2074 cerrado conditions Fax (061) 272-4168 • Technologies on irrigation mechanization and animal Caix. Postal 40765 management under cerrado conditions. CEP 70770-901 - Br05lli.- DF

40 ObjtctiVH and inslitutional videos. • Promole lhe stralegic value oI inlormalion • Idenlilr, anlicipale and salislr lhe demands oI dienu lor Basic Seed Production Service - SPSB in(ormation SAIN Parque Rural (Final W3 Nortel • Produce, in real lime, qualified inlonmalion which meeU lhe Phone(0611348-4433 needs oI the markel Telex (061) 173B • Promote and cause lhe insertion of quali(ied in(ormation into Fax (0611 347-9668 lhe segmenU oI prinled and eleclronic media Caixa Poslal 04.0315 • Guaranlee lhe righls oI prolection oI inlellectual property lor CEP 70770-901 - Brasília-DF lhe inlormalion produds developed by lhe SPI ObjectivH • Adjusllhe produdion oI inlormalion lo lhe besllevels oI quality • Supply seeds and Iransplanu and productivity known in lhe market • Trans"fer technologies and of{er technical assistance in lhe areas • Promolelhe organizalion and inlegralion oI knowledge bases, oI seeds and transplanls allowing access of lhe various social segment's to lhe information • Support lhe Brazilian Seed and Transplant System produced • Interact with research in lhe search for technologies (or lhe • Markel inlormalion produds produced Ihrough lhe SPI agroindustrial complex of seeds and transplants. • Increase lhe use oI inlonmalion engineering lor lhe elaboralion Some Results Obuined oI inlormalion produdS delermined by lhe markel. • The SPSB does nol introduce technologies, but divulges and Some Results Obuined disseminales seeds oI lhe cullivars crealed and inlroduced by • lhe SPI , lounded in 1991, produced and is marketing vehides EMBRAPA and by lhe SNPA. 11 is lhe largesl producer and with qualified in(ormation, including, wilhin lhe printed media, dislribulor oI basic seeds in lhe counlry, working wilh lhe the lollowing litles: Coleçao Planlar (nine litles edited); Coleçao lollowing produds: coUon, rice, oals, polalo, onion, rye, barley Tecnologia da Produçao (lhree titles editedl; and Coleçao A(rican oil paim, pea, bean, (orages, chickpea, melon, corn, {ruil Paradidática (onelille aI press-Atlas do Meio Ambiente do Brasill. tree transplants, soybean, sorghum, wheal, Iriticale and vigna. II EdUs, prinls and markets monthly the journal PESQUISA is estimaled lhal 40% of lhe Brazilian produdion of grains AGROPE

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National <:enter for Research on Collon - CN PA • Generale, adapI and Iransfer lechnologies and processes which Rua Oswaldo Cruz, 1.143 - Bairro Centen~rio contribute lo lhe improvement af tropical agroindustry Phone (083) 341-3608 • Promote a qualitative leap forward in research. Telex (083) 3213 Some Tec hnologies Produced Fax (083) 322-7751 • New clones af precocious dwarl cashew trees Caixa Postal 174 • Vegelalive propagalion of lhe cashew Iree Ihrough shool grahing CEP 58107-720 - Campina Grande - P8 • Identi(jcation of types of unproductive cashew trees and Objectives orchards • Generale, adapl and Iransfer knowledge and lechnologies lo • Recuperalion of the cashew tree, unproduclive or of low meel lhe needs for sustainable development of lhe produdive productivity, by means af crawn substilution systems af fiber and oi! species in accordance with regional • Identification and contrai of peSIS and diseases af lhe cashew peculiarities. lree • Establishment of procedures for lhe extraction of cashew gum Some Tec hnologies Produced • Identification and elimination af microorganisms in cashew • COIlon cultivars: BR-l, CNPA 2H, CNPA ACALA-l , CNPA kernels. Precocious I, CNPA 6H, 7H, and CNPA 2M, 3M, 4M, 5M • Sesame cultivars CNPA G-2 , Seridó and CNPA G-3 Nat i ~ 1 Center for Research on Coais - CNPC • Inlegraled managemenl of conon pests Eslrada Sobral - Groar,as, km 04 • Technologies for loleraling lhe conon boll weevil Phone (085) 612-1077 • Produdion systems (or cultures of peanut, sesame and castor Telex (89) 2543 • Production systems (ar cultures of irrigated cotton and sisal Fax (085) 612-1132 • Produdion system for hemaceous and amoreal cOllon and Caixa Postal D - 10 inlercropping wilh food crops. CEP 62011-970 - Sobral - CE

National Center for Research on TropiaJ Agroindustry - CN PAT Objectives Rua dos labajaras, 11 - Praia de Iracema • Contribute to an increase in productian, productivity and Phone(085) 231-7655 profilabilily of goal and sheep culture, wilh slabilily and Telex (85) 1797 sustainability of lhe production syslems and an equitable Fax (085) 231-7762 distribUlion of lhe resullS Cai .. Poslal 3761 • Increase lhe quality and charaderislics of lropical goal and CEP 60060-510 - Fortaleza-CE sheep produdS lo meel consumer demand Objectives • Generale, adapI and diffuse lechnologies which make efficienl, ;. Adapl lhe charaderislics of lhe products sludied lo lhe production systems with tropical goau and/or sheep as Iheir necessities cf agroindustry and of consumers principal components. • Produce fundamenlal knowledge, incorporaling new research Some Tec hnologies Produced and developmenl lechniques lo amplify lhe base for lhe • Supplemenlalion for dairy goats in lhe semi-arid Northeasl generalion of new lechnologies • Buffelgrass, (Cenchrus ciliaris L. Cultivar Aridus) • Disseminale basic malerial on lhe products generaled by • Ulilizalion of amoreal-shrubby forages as a prolein bank for research supplementalion of herds of goats and sheep duri ng lhe dry • Disseminate new alternatives fo r lhe utilization of the period agroinduslri al produas sludied, in response lo foreign demand • Performance impravement by means of race selection,

42 crossings, and parent selection, establishment of the period and spacial arrangement and duration of the mounting season and production systems e Recommendation of tornato and lelluce cultivars for meat and skins in the semi-arid Nonheast e Genetic preservation of the ·pé-duro· breed of canle e Rationalization of goat and sheep management involving early e Improvement in systems of production.and productivi!)' of goals weaning, artificial nursing, vermifugal application, ration and woolless sheep. balancing and pasture management • freezing of caprine semen and use in artificial insemination Conler for Asricultur~1 R...... rch on ~I TableIands - CPACT • Ovine faces (or finishing in confinement Av. Be;ra Mar, 3.250 Phone(079) 217-1300 N~tional Conter for Research on Cusav~ anel Tropical Fruit Telex (79) 2318 Cultur.· CNPMF Fax (079) 231-9145 Rua EMBRAPA, S1N Caixa Postal 44 Phone (075) 721 -2120 CEP 4902~0 - Aracaju-SE Telex (75) 2074 Objectivos Fax (075) 721 -1118 • Make an inventory o( natural and socioeconomic resaurces; Caixa Postal 007 develop sustainable agrosilvipastoral systems which are CEP 44380-000 - Cruz das Almas-BA adequate to the region and to the necessities of producers and Objectivos consumers and develop knowledge and technologies for the e Oevelop and promote technologies and knowledge which make coconut. more efficient cassava and tropical (ruit cultures on lhe national Some Technologios Produced levei, and of citrus in lhe north and northeast regians of Brazil, • Biological conlrol of lhe coconul leaf miner with emphasis on lhe sustainable use af natural resources, for e Integr,'ed control of lhe coconut beetle the benefit of soeie!)'. e Inlfoduction of the ·5ao Francisco·, "5enanejo· and • Asa Some Technologies Producos BranC!a· varieties of corn for lhe Braz ilian Northeast e Increase in the efficiency of noral induction of pineapple e System of exploitation for small propenies in the semi-arid • Introduction af the "Perolera' and 'Primavera' pineapple Nonheast cultivars, resistant to fusarium • Cultivation tecniques for lhe coconul. including production of • Recommendations, of cultivars af banana 'Prata Ana', precocious seedlings, fertilization, inlercroppi ng and conlrol ·Mysore· and · Pacovan· and cr.. tion of hybrids of the banana of diseases PV 03-76 and banana ·Prata· JV 03-15, resistant to black • Development or rational explailalion syslems (or intercroppiflg of com and beans sigatoka disease e Development of the product ·Curadermite· for control of scalp e Introduction of superior hybrids of the banana PA 12~3 (·Prata Ana· x ·lidi·) PA 03-22 (Banana ·Prata· ·Ana· x ·Calcutá·) rot of sheep and goats and PV~3-44 (·Pacovan· x · Calcuta·) • Production of lhe acid lime · Tahiti ' in lhe of( season Center for Agricultural Research of the 5emi-Arid Tropic. - • Use or a weak virus strain or tristeza in programs or prevision CPATSA in citrus BR 428, km 152, Zona Rural e Monitoring and control of the fruit ny in mango Phone (081) 862-1711 Telex (81) 0016 Center for Agricultural Research of lhe Micl-North - CPAMN Fax (0811 862-1744 Av. Duque de Caxias. 5.650, Ba irro Buenos Aires Caixa Poslal 23 Phone (086) 225-1141 CEP 563~ - Petrolina-PE Telex (86) 2337 Objectives Fax (086) 225-1142 e Conduct research for the purpose of generating and adopling Cai xa Postal I technologies for production in the diverse agroecological areas CEP 6400&-220 - Teresina-PI of lhe tropical semi ~ arid region . Some Technologios Oeveloped Objectivos e Oevelopment of production systems for honicultural species e Generate, adapt and transfer technologies and technical­ such as asparagus, tomato, onion, melon and watermelon and seientific knowledge, which contribute to the sustainable fruits such as guava, mango, banana, dates and avocado development of agrosilvipastoral activities in the region of the eOevelopment of storage systems for water M id-nonh of Brazi!, in benefit of socie!)'. e Utilization of technologies generated for rain-dependent areas Some Technologies Produced (dryland agriculture): technologies of living w ith drought in elntroduction of nine soybean cultivars and spacing and densi!)' lhe rural areas of northeastern states pralices e System of production of bovines and goalS in the semi-arid e Introduction of a dryland rice cultivar and recommendation of regions she cultivars, among which ·Araguaia· and · Rio Parnaiba· • Recommendation of forest species of rap id growth for • Recommendation and introduction o( corn cultivars and re(orestation in lhe semi~arid region determination of seeding density e Agroecological zoning of the Nonheast • Introduction o( seven · macasar· bean cultivars and respective e Biological control of the tomato moth (5crobipalpula absoluta), production systems consisting of relative seeding date in of the banana · moleque·, (Cosmopolites sordidus) and of lhe intercropped corn x bean, determination or seeding density green mite lTetranychus spp.l of cassava

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NatioNll Center lor Reseuch on Agrobiology - CNPAB Some Technologies Produced Antiga rodovia Rio/Sao Paulo, km 47 Seropédica • Development and construction of a nuclear magnetic Phone(021) 682-15OCV682-1086 ressonance apparatus for lhe non-destructive selection af oi l Telex (21) 32723 - EBPA-BR seeds (soybean and com, among olhers) Fax (021) 682-1230 • Computerized minilnomograph (or soils which makes possible Caixa Postal 74505 investigations af sai! water, compaction, roo15 and olher CEP 23651-970 Seropédica - Itagual- Rj applications which open new Irontiers in soil physics Objectives • Ultra-sonic pregnancy delector which permits delection 01 • Generate, promote and diffuse scienti(ic and technical pregnancy o( 22 days (or horses and o( 35 days (or callle knowledge on agricultural systems whích principally use • Mícromanipulator (or callle and horse embryo bipartilion and biological inpuls and organic managemen!. a programmable syslem (or embryo Ireezing • Compulerized climalological stalions Some Technologies Produced • Device lo measure lhe Ihiáness 01 lard by ultrasound lechnique • Innoculalion 01 bean seeds • SIARCS -Integrated syslem lor Analysis o( Roots and Soil Cover. • Pelleting 01 bean seeds with micronulrients • Rh izobium inoculanl lor cowpea National Center lor Research on Oairy Cattle - CNPGl • Nitrogen fixation in sugarcane Rodovia MG 133, km 42 • Green manuring 01 the com culturé Phone (032) 215-8550 • Revegetation 01 degraded areas Tel .. (32) 3157 • Management organic lertilizer. 01 Fax (32) 215-8550 (Extension 166) CEP 36155-000 Coronel Pacheco-NlG National Center lor Research on Agriculturallnstrumentation ­ CNPOIA Objetives Rua XV de Novembro, 1452 • Serve Brazilian society by generating. adapting and diffusing Phone (O 162) 72-9628 knowledge and lechnologies (or lhe suslainable developmenl Telex (16) 2406 o( lhe dairy sector. Fax (0162) 72-5958 Some Technologies Produced Caixa Postal 741 • Software lor genetic evalualion o( bulls and cows CEP 13560-970 - sao Carlos-SP • Cost 01 prodution schedules lor milk Objectives • Process 01 bovine embryo trans(er • Develop new methodologies, syslems and elements to measure, • Establishment and management o( elephanlgrass (or milk control, evaluate, process, transler and store physical chemical production under pasture conditions and biological data essenlial (or the sustainable developmenl • Development 01 milk production technology involving (eed, 01 lhe agricultural, agroindustrial and agrolorestry complexes. animal management, pasture rotation and sanitary control • Organize, systemalize and diffuse knowledge accumulated in • Technology o( raising. precocious weaning. sheller, (eed, agricultura I instrumentation . control 01 endo-and ectoparasiles and lick5 • Advise EMBRAPA Units in the area o( agricullural • Semen tested cr~ss-bred Holslein-Fri ..ian x Zebu bulls and o( instrumentation. Zebu bulls (Gir race) genelically improved lor milk production

44 National Center for Research on Monitoring and Evaluating principal pests and diseases, adapted to the different Brazilian Environmental Impact · CNPMA ecological reg ions Rodov ia SP 340, km 127,5 - Bairro Tanquinho Velho • Biological conlrol of lhe fali armyworm, (S podoplera Phone (0192) 67-5633 frugiperda), lhrough use of lhe Baculovirus, wilh effieiency Telex (19) 2655 equivalenllo lhal oblained wilh lhe use of chemical insecticides Fax (0 192) 67-5225 • Sweet corn cultivar for canning. Caixa Poslal 69 CEP 13B2().{)()() - jaquariúna-SP National Center for Research on Soil - CNPS Objectives Rua Jardim Bolânico, 1024 • Conlribule lO lhe adoplion of lhe suslainabilily model as lhe Phone (021) 274-4999 guiding principie for agriculture, conceived from a perspective Telex (21) 23824 of agricultural, cattle raising and forestry activities and interface Fax (021) 274-5291 with lhe induslrial sector CEP 2246()'{)()() - Rio de janeirc>-Rj • Conlribute lo knowledge of the slructure and functioning of Objectives lhe agroecosyslems which present indications of problems of • Make and promote basic and applied studies in ali areas of soB environmental degradation in terms of lhe biotic, abiotic and science social componenls • Execu te and promote studies of environmental characterization. • Develop, adapl and implemenl melhodologies for lhe including classification, surveys and interprelalions for various monitoring and evaluation of environmental impact ends for uti!izalion o( the soil • Direct lhe knowledge generated on environmenlal impact, • Study the behavior of lhe soil in its environment, involving aiming at subsidizing lhe development of lechnologies which anth ropic processes and degradation factors are adequate to the agroecosystems and to the elaboration of • Normalize actions and procedures for diagnosis of the physical public policies sphere, analytical characterization, and evaluation of the use • Develop actions which facilitate lhe insertion of tecnical­ potential of !ands and zonings scientific knowledge on lhe environment and agriculture into • Syslematize know ledge available in the area of soil science for lhe Nalional Syslem of Agricultural Research (SNPA), as well implementation of a geore(erenced data base as into other segments of society. • DeVelop models of use, management and conservation o( soils Some Technologies Produced on ali leveis of planning. • Hand lever-operated pneumatic electrostatic back sprayer Some Technologies Produced • Solar coUector (or soi! disin(ection • land aptitude eva luation system • Resistant !ines of Trichoderma harzianum (or contrai of root • Brazilian Soi! Classi(ication System (third approximation) diseases, principally in horticultural crops • Technique (or lhe quantitative detection of bacterial sunbum • Macroagroecological del imitation of Brazi! caused by Xanlhomonas campeslri pv. phaseoli in bean seeds • National inventory of the problems and criticai areas of soil • Bacterization lechnique for bean seeds (or the control of rool degradalion rots, uti!izing the bacteria Bacillus subt i!is • Agroecological zoning of lhe Northeasl • Biological contrai system of lhe red spider mite in horticultural • Manual of soil analysis methods crops wilh lhe use of predalory miles of lhe family Phyloseiidae • Norms and criteria for pedological surveys. • Inlroduction of eighl species of biological conlrol agenlS of rh izophagous pests in sugarcane, tomato, cassava, banana and National Center for Technological Research on Agricultural apple, wilh lhe adaplion of melhods of crealion of lhese Information - CNPTIA . organisms in the laboratory. Rodovia Dom Pedro I, km 143,6 (S P 65) - Campo dos Amarais Phone (O 192) 40-1073 National Center for Research on Com and Sorghum - CNPMS Telex (19) 7720 Rodovia MG 424, km 65 Fax (0192) 40-2007 Phone (031) 923-5644 Caixa Poslal 5010 Fax (031) 923-9252 CEP 13089-500 - Campinas-SP Telex (31) 2099 Objectives Caixa Poslal 151 . Develop, according lO lhe requiremenlS of lhe SN PA and of CEP 35701-970 - Sele Lagoas-MG the agricultural area, methods, techniques and tools in software Objectives engineering, for the production of software, integration of • Coordinate, execute and promote research which generates systems and processes, data communication and in(ormation lechnically adequate alternatives, economically viable and systems, reengineering of software and reuse of componenls socially desirable, (or corn and sorghum, transferri ng them to • Promote trai ning of human resources in methods, techniques producers and lhe agroinduslry. and tools for software engineering. according lo lhe necessities Some Technologies Produced of lhe SNPA and of lhe agricultural area • Introduction of 26 varieties of com adapted to the various • Salisfy demands for service rendering. consullancy and lechnical producing regions of the country counseling in methods, tec hniques and lools of software • Introduction of five new cultivars of sweet com and a white engineering, according to the necessities o( the SNPA and of com cultivar of high protein value lhe agricultural complex. • More e(ficienl and profitable production syslems which include Some Technologies Produced cultivars, plan t population, crop rotation , green manuring, • Software environmenl for NTIA which offers lhe capacity for cultivalion periods, utilization of herbicides and fertilizers the treatment and manipulation of archives, recuperalion of • Syslems of product conservalion by means of simple slorage informat ion, data entry, generation of menus and of reports, slructures which prevenI anack by rodenls and provide insect slalislical analysis and calculalion, and composilion of graphs conlrol in two and three dimensions • New cultivars of grain and forage sorghum resistant to the • Development of a processing system for georeferenced

45 images - SPRING b) minimization of harrnful impacts of the food agroindustry on • System for Agricultural Property Administration-FMS, and lhe environment and lhe rationalization of lhe use of natural automated generation of factors applicable to the admini>tration resources; of agroindustrial businesses cJ an increase in the quality and productivity of the food • Developmenl of lhe information system AINfO, as a agroindustry; technological base for the software environment of CNPTlA. d) an increase in food security of consumers . Some Technologies Produced Center for úttle R_.. rch of the Southeo.st - CPPSE • Production of essential oils of species of native aromatic plants; Rodovia Washington Luiz, km 234 enzymatic extraction of oils and production of essential oi! Phone (0161272-7611 and resin oil af ginger Telex (162) 389 • Technology for utilization ofby-products of com and sorghum Fax (016) 272-5754 in the food industry Caixa Postal 339 • Concentrated tropical fruits utilizing membrane technology CEP 13560-970 - sao Carlos-SP • Oriers of fruits, fish and grains for smal! proprietors Objectives • Silo grain drier (solar and eolic energy) • Generate, adapt and diffuse knowledge and technologies • Husker of soybean adequate for the sustainable development of animal systems • Vitamin complex dough enrieher. in the southeast region of Brazil. Some Technologies Produced Environmental ..nd N.. tur.. 1 Resource Remote Sensing Unit - • New lines of Canchim cattle NMA • Use of Canchim cattle in crossings to obtain yearlings Av. Or. Júlio Soares de Arruda, 803, Parque sao Quirino • Optional treatment of poisoning of domestic animais by the Phone (019) 252-5977 "jararaca·, "urulu· and "'jararacuçu" snake species Telex (19) 7686 E8PA BR • Pharmacological stunning of animais (with anesthesized darts) Fax (0192) 54-1100 • Nutritive evaluation of (orages by kinetic digestion in cattte e-mail: [email protected] • Physical models of intensive production systems for milk of Caixa Postal 491 animais of the Holstein-Friesian race, semi-confined, with CEP 13007-970 Campinas-SP generation of coefficients for the elaboration of a schedule of Objectives costs of elass "B" milk • Conduct research, develop, adapt, evaluate and diffuse • New cultivars of Andropogon and forage oats adapted to the techn ical-scientific knowledge in lhe areas of monitoring of central region of the state of S30 Paulo. the agrosilvipastoral use of lands and evaluation of resulting environmental impact o National Center for Research on Agroindustri.11 Food Technology Some Technologies Produced -CTM • Environmental monitoring af Amazônia Av. das Américas nO 29.501 - Bairro Guaratiba • Oelimitation of the extractivist reserve of Alto Juruá-Acre Phone1021) 410-1353 • Env ironmental canography of the Island of Fernando de Telex 121) 33267 Noronha Fax (021) 410-1090 • Monitoring of forest bumings in Brazil CEP 23020-470 - Rio de Janeiro-RJ • Evaluation of kinetic and animal extractivist resources in Objectives Rondônia, Acre and Tocantins .Promote the development of the food agroindustry through the • Systems of agroecological, socioeconomic and criticai areas generation and transter of tedmologies which seek: monitoring. ai integration of the agricultural sector with the food agroindustry; • Alert, Informarion and Communicalon Network.

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National Center for Foresl Researeh - CNPF National Center for Researeh on Swine and Poultry - CNPSA E'trada da Ribeira, km 111 - Guaraltuba BR 153, km 1i O, Vila Tamandu~ Phone (041 1359-1313 Phone(0494144-0122 Telex (492) 271 Telex (041)30120 Fax (0494144-0681 Fax (0411 359-2276 Caixa Postal 21 Caixa Postal 319 CEP 89700-000 - Concórdia-SC Cf.P 83411-000 - Colombo-PR Objectives Objectives • Serve as a national reference center for swine and poultry culture • Develop production 'y'lem, for planled fore'l' in the program of animal production and/or related systems • Develop systems which (acilitare lhe management of natural • Produce or adapllechnological knowledge, services and inpuls, in order Ihal lhey reach the targel public, direclly or by foreslS appropriate channels of diffusion • Develop agrofore'ly ,yslem, • Give incentive to other institutions and organizations to generate • Implemenl programs of environmental education and of knowledge, lechnologies, services and inpuls relevanl 10 the diffusion and Iransfer of forestry lechnologies. missi on of lhe CNP5A Some Technologies Produeed • Promote the effective management of lhe resources of swine and poultry culture so as lo satisfy human needs, maintaining • Production of improved seeds of various eucalyptus species or improvíng environmental qualíty and conservíng natural for diverse edaphodimatic conditions resources • Adaplion and developmenl of lechnology for mass production • Organize existing knowledge in order to make it useful in lhe of a specialized and specific nemalode for conlrol of lhe wood national swine and poultry culture area wasp • Assure lhat research results on swine and poultry contribute to • Developmenl of lecniques for economic production of seedlings diminishing food and employment shortages, íncrease of diverse (orest species, sueh as guapuruvu, imbuía. erva-mate, purchas;ng power, reduce reg;onal differences , and are useful bracatinga, acada-negra, Eucalyptus viminalis, Pinus patula to society. ele Some Technologies Produced • Elaboralion of ecological zonings for foresl planlings in Paran~ • Feed chemical composition table for lhe fo rmulation of rations and Santa Catarina, with recommendations and indication of • Vaccine for atrophic rhinitis of swine 145 species and provenances for various uses • Technology for production of antiserums, antigens and Development and adaplion of techniques for colleclion, conjugales • Utilization of non-conventional phosphates (or swine and processing, storage and germination of seeds of various species poullry, in lhe growing and finishing stages sueh as acacia-negra, aroba, caixeta, angico bracatinga, • EMBRAPA 001 layer of while eggs canafistula, canela-guaica, guaparuvu, mandiodo, wild peach, • Melhodology for idenlification and correction of risk factors in Parana pine, peroba and uva-do-japao swine culture • Selection of races o( Rhizobium (or inoculation of bracalinga • Development of lhe ' PROSUINO' software for ration and acacia-negra form ulalion, and lhe'ATEPROS' software for technical­ • Compuler programs for planning and managemenl of planted administ'(ative management of swine culture (or calculating fOreslS. their production cosI.

47 National Center lor Research on Soybean - CNPSo • Development o( a minimum tillage planter (or winter cereais Rodovia Carlos )000 Strass (LondrinaIWarta) Entrance Orlando • Biological control o( aphids 01 cereais and technology (or control Amaral - Distrito de Warta o( the ·tamanjuâ· (Solubea poccila) 01 wheat. Phone(043) 320-4166 Telex (43) 2208 National Center lor Research on Grapes and Wine - CNPUV Fax (043) 320-4186 Rua Livramento, 515 Caixa Postal 1061 Phone (054) 451-2144 CEP 86001-970 - Londrina-PR Telex (54) 3603 Objectives Fax (054) 451 -2792 • Generate and promote knowledge and technology lor the Caixa Postal 130 development of soybean and sunflower, considering their CEP 957()()'{)()() - Bento Gonçalves-RS interrelation with other cultures and their insertion in the Objectives agroindustrial complex, lor the benefit 01 society • Generate technologies (or the improvement o( rural produdive • Make knowledge and technology reach the target public systems and agroindustrial processes and lor quality control o( (technicians, producers and society in general) through lhe sector, seeking a greater identity 01 grape and wine produdS appropriate diffusion and trans(er mechanisms. with lhe production regions Some Technologies Produced • Adapt the quality o( the raw material and o( products o( the • Creal/on of 35 new soybean varieties, more productive and resistant to lhe principal diseases, for lhe various producing agroindustrial complex to lhe demands of lhe market. and regians reduce produdion costs • Introduction ofthe juvenile period in new varieties to increase • Increase the efficiency o( the grape and wine agroindustry and the planting period, guaranteeing plants 01 adequate height (ruit culture (or the southem region 01 Bruil • Total eliminalion of nitrogen fertilizer in soybean arter • Promote and speed up marketing and the trans(er o( scienti(ic deterrnination 01 the efficiency 01 symbiotic fixation 01 nitrogen and technological in(ormation and o( produds and services by baderia 01 the genus Sradyrhizobium • Some Technologies Produced • 8iological control 01 the soybean caterpillar with Saculovirus • Recommendation af cultivars for fine white and red wines anticarsia • Development o( technology (or obtaining virus-(ree vegetal • Siological control o( Elasmopalpus by the wasp Trissolcus material, with production and distribution o( grafting and basalis producing stock to nurserymen and grape raisers • Utilization of kilchen salt to reduce insecticide doses in control • Selection o( the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisia" - EMBRAPA- of Nezara viridula 208, to improve lhe quality of national wines • Regulation 01 planting periods lor tropical and subtropical • Development o( altemative techologies to classical winernaking regions (or greater produdivity and improved seed quality. (or red wines and o( the ·Charenlais· me\hod (or distilled drinks o( high quality National Center lor Research on Wheat - CNPT • Recommendation of alternative cultural practices for soil BR-28S, km 174 management, with an indirect influence on productivity, Phone (054) 312-3444 economy and erosion control Telex (54) 5319 • Introdudion o( the precocious cultivars o( table grapes ·Vênus· Fax (054) 312-3495 and late cultivars ·Dona lil;!· and ·Tardia de Caxias· as Caixa Postal 569 production alternatives for lhe wine grower and for extending CEP 99001-970 - Passo Fundo-RS lhe offering period for consumers Objeclives • Identification of two new viroses · necrosis of nervures and • Develop and diffuse knowledge and technologies with the slain of nervures· which occur in a latent form in lhe majority aim o( making national production o( wheat and o( other winter o( grape vines in Rio Grande do Sul. cereais more competitive • Contribute to an increase in competitivity and sustainabilityo( Center lor Temperate Climate Agricultural Research - CPACT the grain producing complex in the southem region o( the BR 392, km 78, 9° Distrito country Phone (0532) 21 -2122 • Contribute to diversification o( regional agricultura I production, Fax (0532) 21-2121 making viable new cultures amUor utilizatíon systems. Telex (53) 2301 Some Technologies Produced Caixa Postal 403 • Creation of 57 new wheat cultivars for cultivation in lhe various regions of lhe country. with a consequent increase in CEP 96001-970 - Pelotas-RS produdivity, and o( 8 soybean cultivars Objectives • Developmento( production systems, including (ertilization and • Characterize and evaluate lhe regional socioeconomic and liming. control o( diseases and pests, rotation o( cultures and natural resources, aiming at sustainable developmenl. minimum tillage • Generate, adapt promote, trans(er and diffuse technologies (or • Development o( technology (or the culture o( wheat tissues the agricultural complex, to increase the efficiency and quality and introdudion o( the first wheat cultivar in the Americas o( the produdive system obtained through biotechnology (or control o( diseases, pests, • Produce andlor utilize basic knowledge and incorporate new weeds and a technique o( sail corredion and (ertilization research techniques, with the idea o( amplifying the producing • Introduction and recommendation of criticale cultivars BR-l, base 01 new technologies BR,-2 accompanied by technology (or control o( diseases, pests, • Dirruse research areas and generate technologies (or weeds and technique o( soil correclion and (ertilization environmental conservation or recuperation, observing lhe • Introdudion and recommendation o( triticale cultivars BR-l , various regional ecosystems. 8R-2, BR-4 and EMBRAPA - 18, with establishmento( a proper Some T echnologies Produced cuhivation system which includes (ertilization and soil • tntrodudion and recommendation 01 bean, soybean and com correclion, and dates, densities and spacings most appropriate cultivars (or the plateau o( the South o( Rio Grande do Sul (or the cultivation and produdion o( seeds state anc;l (or utilization in lowlands

48 • Peach cultivars (or industry· ·Granito· and -Ametista-· and Objeclives (or consumption ;n natura · - Pampeano· and ·Guaica- • Generate, adapt and promote scientifíc and technological • Control of black rot and of bacteriosis of the peach tree knowledge for the development and modernization of (Xanthomonas campetris pv. pruni) integrated systems of agriculture, giving priority to caule and • Introduction o( the cultivar Ya-Cy o( 8razilian guava sheep, and preserving the natural resources in southern • Oevelopment of genetic manipulation technologies for the Brazilian grasslands. improvement of irrigated rice, bean and soybean Some Technologies Produced • Technology for production of lettuce and aspa ragus • Creation of the Ibagé race of beef caule • Utilization ofThidiazuron for breaking dormancy of the apple • Development of the white clover BR- t Bagé cultivar tree, and in the process of production of transplant, of kiwi • Programs for strategic control of vermin05i, in beef caule and fruit, meristem cu/ture and micropropagation of pear cultivars. sheep • Reduction from four and a half years to two and a half years in eenter for Research on Cattle Raising on Southern Brazilian the slaughter age of beef yearlings Grasslands - CPPSUL • Increase from 55'- to 75"!. in the rate of conception, and reduction from 9"!. to 5'- in mortality rate of calves BR t 53, km 14 t, Vila Industrial, Zona Rural th~ Phone (0532) 42-4499 • Development of a vesicular clover cultivar (Tri(olium vesiculosum) EMBRAPA-2B, highly productive and adapted to Telex (53) 2500 the ecological conditions of the southeast region of Rio Grande Fax (0532) 42-4395 doSul Caixa Postal 242 • Reduction of the mating age of ca«te from three to two CEP 96400-970 - Bagé-RS beef years.

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Nalional Cenler lor Agroloreslry Research 01 Westem Amazônia Cenler lor Agroloreslry Research 01 Acre - CPAF-Acre -CPAA Rodovia BR-364, km 14 Rodovia AM-Ol O, km 24, Estrada Manaus/Hacoalia,a Phone (068) 224-3932/224-4035 Phone (092) 622-2012 Telex (68) 2589 Telex (92) 2440 Fax (068) 224-4035 Fax (092) 622-1100 Caixa Postal 392 Caixa Postal 319 CEP 69908-970 - Rio Branco-AC CEP 69011-970 - Manaus-AM Objeclives Objeclives • Generate, adapt and dilluse technologies and knowledge which • Generate knowledge (or lhe utilization and conservation of promote lhe diversificalion of produdion and lhe increased lhe renewable natural resources of western Amazônia efficiency of agroforestry system s and agroinduslries, • Develop and lest alternative sustainable systems in order to emphasizing regional produclS improve agricultural activities, caUle raising, (orestry and • Develop technologies and knowledge, especially lor small and agroforestry activities, making possible a longer time of medium-sized producers, with emphasis on mixed production occupalion 01 produclion areas 01 lhe dillerent ecosyslems oi systems, sustainability and environmental problems resulting westem AmazOnia (rom agro(orestry adivities • Develop management techniques to recuperate and make Produce (undamental knowledge, incorporating new research productive areas altered andlor degraded of westem AmazOnict techniques so as to broaden lhe base for the generation of new • Generate and adapt agroindustrial technologies lor the technologies utilization and improvement in quality of regional products • Promote technology transfer, tecnical-scientific information, • Develop new agricultural altematives, especially aquaculture, produds and services to society. in westem AmAzonia. Some Tec hnologies Produced Some Tec hnologies Produced • Pineapple cultivars ("Rio Branco," "Cabeça de Onça", SNG- • Recommendation of ·xingu· cultivars of rice (or terra firma and "Aj uricaba" lor low grassy plains ("varzeas") 2 and SNG-3), oI cowpea (" Rio Branco" and "Cana Verde"), 01 com (BR-Sl09 and "Milhacre") and oi rice ("Acrelino") • Introduction of cultivars of CQwpea, BR-8 "Caldeirao·, for "varzeas· and terra firma, and "IPEAN V - 69," for terra firma • Recommendation of cultivars of rice, onion, black pepper, • Introduction oi cassava cultivars "I m-006", "BGM-021 , "IM- coffee ("Catual" and Icatu"),and garlic, carrot, beet, guaran~ 025", lorterra firma, and "IM-17S", "IM-1S8" and "Amazonas­ and bean EMBRAPA-8", lor "v~rzeas" • Recommendation of silvicultural management techniques in • Improvement of the tecnique of exploitation of rubber native rubber plantations plantations through the stimulation of latex produdion, with • Recuperation of degraded soils with lhe utilization of an increase superior to 100%, and indication of new biofertilization with legumes combinations crownlstem, designed lor control oi the principal • Utilization oi mulch lor control oi bean mi)dew foliar diseases • Survey, identification and control oi peSIS associated with • Introdudion of pollinating insects, natives of Africa, aiming cultures of cassava, mahogany, custard apple, rice, corn, for a 1OO ~ increase in the produdion of lhe African oil paim cowpea and (orage grasses • Recommendalion oi guaran~ clones'" • Production system lor woolless sheep, sheep and doubl ... • Production 01 hybrid Alrican oil paim seeds oi high quality purpose bullalos (moat and milk)

50 Cenler lor Agroloreslry Research 01 Amapá - CPAF-Amapá Center for Agroforestry Research of Roraima· CPAf.Roraima RodovIa Juscelino Kubitschek, kn> 5 (Macapá-Fazendinha) 8R- 174, km 08, DiSlrilo InduSlrial Pnooe(096) 241-1551 Phone (095) 224-9211 Telex (096) 2399 Telex (95) 2137 Fax (096) 241 -1480 Fax (095) 224-3802 Caixa Postal 10 Caixa Poslal 133 CEP 68902-280 - Macapá-AP CEP 69301-970 - 80a Visla-RR Objectives • Develop and perfect agricultural and agrolorestry production systems in harmony with lhe socioeconomic contexl of • P,omote the utilization 01 technologies andlor knowledge lor Roraima. the developmenl 01 sUSlainable svSlems 01 agroloreSlry or agrosilvipastoral svSlems lo meel lhe needs 01 lhe population, Some Technologies Produced • Recommendation of varieties, spacing, density and planting maintaining or improving lhe quality af lhe environment dale, lertilization and chemical control 01 weeds lor dryland • Generale, adapl or promole technologies and knowledge lo (ice, irrigated rice, com, cowpea, soybean and sorghum assure a continuous production of food , to minimize lhe importation 01 these products • Recommendation o( varieties o( lettuce, potato, onion, cabbage • Generate technologies or adapt economically viable practices and lomalo, melon and sorghum which lacilitate lhe exploitalion 01 polenliallv ulilizable areas • Recommendation o( varieties of guaraná, orange, passion ((uit, • Difluse andlor promote technologv Iransler and markeling 01 pineapple and banana scientific and technofogícaf information, products and services. • Recommendation on formarion and maintenance af paswres, weeding. legumes and prolein bank; bovine herd managemenl, Some Technologies Produced including mineralization and animal health • "Taxj·branco", (Sclerolobium paniculatum) forest species for • Rec.ommendation of allematives for recuperation and u\ilizalion utilization in degraded areas, and well adapted to cerrado areas, 01 deloreSled areas bV use 01 diverse inlercropped cullures lor production 01 wood and charcoal • Recommendation o( legumes (or green manuring" control o( • Cultivars of rice "Ajuricaba· for flal grassy plains ("varzeas") weeds and relenlion 01 soil humidilV lor lhe cerrado and 'Xingu' lor drylands • Recommendalion 01 lhe dale lor indUClion 01 flowering lor lhe • Cultivar 01 cowpea-CNC 0434 pineapple cullure. • Cullivars 01 10malO 'Caraiba' and 'cucumber Spring 440' • Cullivars of ·Crimson Sweet" watermelon; sQu3sh "Caipira Cenler lor Agrolorestry Research 01 fastern Amazônia - CPATU Regional'; okra 'Piranema' and cabbage 'Sooshu" (KK Cross) Trav. Or. Enéas Pinheiro sino , Bairro do MarcO • Cultivars 01 "Grandes lagos' lelluce Phone (091) 226-1941/226-1741 • Variety 01 pepper "RubV King". Telex (911 1210 Fax (091) 226-9845 Center lor Agrolorestry Research 01 Rondônia - CPAF-Rondônia Caixa POSlal 48 8R 364 KM 5,5 CEP &&095-100 - 8elém-PA Phone (069) 222-3080 Objectives Fax (069) 222-3857 • Con\ribute to sustainable rural development o( Amazônia, Telex (69) 2258 seeking the rational use and conservation o( its natural Caixa Postal 406 resources, through the generat;on, adoption and dif(usion of CEP 78900-000 - Porto Velho-RO sCientific, technological and socioeconomic knowledge. Objectives Principal Technologies Produced • Generale, adapl and dilluse knowledge andlor lechnologies in • Recuperation 01 degraded pastures in delorested areas 01 the 3g(o(orestry and silvipastoral systems which perrnit lhe Amazonian (orest and deveJopment o( managemenr and suslained developmenl 01 agricultural and loreslry sVSlems, exploitation techniques (or native (orest with auto-sustainable lor lhe benefil 01 society. Vield • Recommendations o( cultivars o( rice, com. black cassava, Some Technolo&ies Produced cowpea, tomalo, mallows and black pepper and development • Genetic seeds 01 com: cullivar 8R 5150, low slalure, h.11 dent 01 a lechnique lor preparalion 01 Iransplants 01 mangoSleen bV grains; BR 5103, medium stature. semihard grains wich grafting productivity around 3,000 kg.lha. - Cassava planlalions with • SludV 01 an agroloreSlry produdion svslem involving lhe improved cultivars of cassava: ·Pirarucu·, "Amarelona,· combination 01 some lorestry species with short

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