Embrapa Roraima

The center provides technology for the sustainable development of the livestock breeding and agroforestal systems in Roraima.

It has concluded more than 120 research projects that seek to increase the knowledge on important issues within the socio-economic reality of the state. The results achieved contributed to the improvement of the state of Roraima's production systems. The most outstanding being the recommendation of cultivars and agricultural practices adapted to the state's Cerrados, low-flat land and forest ecosystems.

Activities

• Generation of technologies for the improvement of the state's agriculture and livestock breeding systems
• Development of agroforestal systems
• Conservation of animal genetic resources

Services

• Laboratory analysis for seeds, soil, chalk, fertilizers, plant tissues and pests
• Assistance and training in agriculture, livestock breeding and forest
• Production and commercialization of seeds and seedlings

Products

• Rice, corn, soybean, bean and grass seeds
• Cattle, goats and horses
• Specialized publications

Major Research Areas

• Technical recommendations for annual, semi perennial cultures and fruit trees, forage, horticulture, cattle and goat
• Mineral formulas as nutritional supplements for cattle
• Technical recommendations for economic activities in the Cerrado, the rational use of deforested areas and irrigated rice cultivation in the low-flat lands