The internal audits appoint the procedures that are not in accordance with the norms and legislation of the Firm. The institution being audited presents the justifications and clarifications, establishing a deadline for the adjustment of those irregularities. Upon receiving the documentation and justifications of the audited part, the Internal Audit Advisory (AUD) analyses and responds informing whether it will abide or maintain the pending irregularities, by means of correspondence and thus suc

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2007

Whitefly is currently one of the main pests in Brazil. The insect causes direct damages (sap suction, toxin injection, and physiological disorders) and indirect damages (helping sooty mold grow and transmitting phytopathogenic viruses). Reports of damages started right after its entrance in the country, the likely source of which has been traced to an import of ornamental plants in the 1990s. After this introduction, the insect became very well adapted to Brazilian cropping conditions and spread

Status: Completed     Start date: Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014

The emission increase of greenhouse effect gases and the high petroleum prices have elevated the demand for renewable fuels. For diesel, the most used fuel in the country, the main option has been the use of vegetable oil and animal fat by-products. However, there are two major problems regarding the production of vegetal oils which could hinder the use of these products as fuel: the quality and the quantity of oils produced. Of all the cultivated species, only the palm oil has the needed produc

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2010

Bovine mastitis is considered the main disease of dairy herds in the world, causing the greatest economic losses to the dairy sector. In Brazil, production losses caused by mastitis are estimated between 12 and 15%, accounting to more than three billion liters of milk per year. In addition, mastitis poses risks to public health, due to the possibility of contamination of milk with antibiotic residues or with microorganisms and their toxins. The high frequency of mastitis pathogens resistant to t

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2015

The Amazonian spotted or jundiara, hybrid of the crossing of the cachara (Pseudoplatystoma spp.) with the Amazonian catfish (Leiarius marmoratus), is a fish of commercial importance in the Brazilian Midwest, with Mato Grosso being the largest producer of this type of fish. In spite of this, the creations of Amazonian painted use rations that are not specific for the Amazonian painted, preventing the animal from expressing maximum development with the minimum of available protein. In addition, nu

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2017

It intends to provide an API (Application Programming Interface) platform, content management software and a multicultural mobile application for access to scientific information on the diagnosis and control of tropical fruit pests.

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2020

The project addresses the limited supply of public and private technical assistance and rural extension in view of the large number of agricultural producers scattered throughout the national territory. Its general objective is to expand the access to quality technical assistance services by small and family-based producers of eggs and pigs, based on the development of easy-to-use digital tools. The project partners are Embrapa Swine and Poultry and Maneje Bem, a technology-based company that

Status: In progress     Start date: Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2020

The state of Pará is the largest northern producer of rice, corn and caupi beans, and the second largest soy producer. These species are cultivated in all the macro-regions of the state, where the Research and Technology Transfer Support Centers (NAPTs) of the Oriental Amazon are located. Based on this structure, this project aims to propose a strategy for the disclosure and transference of cultivars that are adequate to the region's producers' socio-economic and environmental conditions, throug ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2007

In recent years, distance learning via the internet has become an important means of professional qualification, especially in Brazil, a country of continental dimensions. Whereas milk production is scattered throughout the national territory, distance learning offers the opportunity to bring information to professionals across the country. To this end, this project included the design, offering and accomplishment of the first distance learning courses of Embrapa Dairy Cattle, namely: "Sampling, ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2011

Concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere have increased considerably asa result of anthropic activities such as changes in land use, farming, and actions involvingburning fossil fuels. In Brazil, there is considerable action in the global effort to address climatechange, mainly to comply with the international agreements mediated by the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Brazil's various commitments includereducing GHG emissions and increasing remova

Status: In progress     Start date: Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2019