The Great Brazilian National Challenges in Agriculture

Research and Development (R & D) strategic projects conducted a multiinstitutional complex array, requiring a high volume of resources are the main features of the projects that compose the Macroprogram 1 Great National Challenges portfolio, as part of the Brazilian Corporation for Research in Agriculture (Embrapa) System of Project Management (SEG).

The SEG was designed to provide the necessary tools to manage the whole life cycle of R & D Projects, as they are: planning, financial resources release, conduction, follow ups and final evaluation. It also provides Embrapa with a better organizational flexibility and transparence in generating technology.

The induction and financement of R & D projects occur throught the MacroPrograms (MP) with the purpose to compose and manage a strategic portfolio of projects of high technical and scientific quality, in order to accomplish the institutional goals.

We present in this folders' portfolio, the 18 Projects of MP1, representing the greatest themes into the brazilian research scenary, capable to induce the establishment of large research nets. Each one of these projects comprises from 120 to 550 researchers from Embrapa and collaborating institutes. The research nets are clearly enhancing, in a very organized way, the scientific knowledge in agriculture.