This project proposes the morphological and physico-chemical analysis of Brazil nut trees, in addition to the study of their diversity, intrapopulation spatial genetic structure, reproductive system, and patterns of seed and pollen dispersal in natural populations located in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Acre. Furthermore, abiotic aspects such as weather variables and soil fertility and structure will be monitored, and there will be a survey on the constitution of the historical ethnob

Status: Completed     Start date: Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2011

The breeding programs of Dairy Gir, Guzerat, Red Sindhi and Girolando breeds are conducted at Embrapa Dairy Cattle in work integrated with the respective breeders' associations, as follows: ABCGIL (Brazilian Association of Dairy Gir Breeders), CBMG2/ACGB (Brazilian Center of Guzerat Genetic Breeding / Association of Guzerat and Girolando Breeders Brazil), ABCSindi (Brazilian Association of Red Sindhi Breeders) and Girolando Association. It also includes the participation of the following institu

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014

This project addresses several strategic actions in the area of ​​tilapia and tambaqui nutrition. Fish feeding in fish farming plays an important role in the sustainable growth of aquaculture. Combined with nutrition, fish feeding is directly related to the fish growth, health and reproduction. In addition, adequate feeding reduce possible environmental impacts.

In fish farms, spending on food can represent up to 82% of production costs. Thus, the project aims to develop the

Status: In progress     Start date: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2019

The insects of the order Lepidoptera are the main pests affecting the crop of corn and can cause up to 34% reductions in production. The control of these pests is achieved primarily through the use of chemical insecticides, a system that brings negative effects to man, animals and environment. The use of biological control in pest management has emerged as an alternative to minimize these effects of the application of synthetic chemical insecticides, preserving the natural environment and the

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

Brazil is the fifth largest milk producer in the world with 35 billion liters produced in 2015. However, the Brazilian dairy farmer needs to improve milk quality and reduce the cost of production. One of the main constraints for increasing the efficiency and competitiveness of milk production in Brazil is the management of farms. In this context, Dairy Cattle has developed, in partnership with CCPR-MG (Central Cooperative of Rural Producers of Minas Gerais), a tool to verify the economic perform

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2019

Brazil is the fifth largest producer of milk in the world with 35 billion liters produced in 2015. However, Brazilian dairy farmers still need improve milk quality and reduce production costs. One of the major limiting factors to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of milk production in Brazil is the management of dairy farms. In this context, Embrapa Gado de Leite developed, in partnership with the Central Cooperative of Rural Producers of Minas Gerais -(Cooperativa Central dos Produtor

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue May 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2018

The project aims to deepen the understanding of nutritional adequacy of laying hens to the most important nutrients in the laying phase: calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), and vitamin D. All of them are critical in bone and egg quality, besides they relate to the pollution potential of production waste. Available Brazilian feeding charts and NRC recommend that Ca and P gram-day consumption keeps constant with age. However, production manuals of commercial genetic material companies recommend that the

Status: Completed     Start date: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2019

According to a mapping made by the Brazilian Family Budget Survey, which investigates individual food consumption in a total sample of homes, there is a scenario that favors an epidemic of obesity and other non-communicable chronic conditions related to excessive and/or unbalanced food consumption. Thus encouraging the consumption of vegetables helps healthy diets, since they are served on the side of a protein and a carbohydrate. Vegetables are low in calories and rich in water, fiber, vitamins

Status: Completed     Start date: Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2017

The national and international demand for ethanol and the increasing concerns with world climatic changes is generating the expectation of an increase in the use of biofuels and consequently an increase in the area planted with sugarcane in Brazil. Brazil is the largest producer and exporter of sugarcane products in the world, and the state of São Paulo has been responsible for nearly half of the national production in the latest years. Among the state's regions, the northeastern portion, whi

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

This International Cooperation Project – under the aegis of the Africa-Brazil Marketplace – developed in Ghana in partnership with Embrapa Mid-North, proposed the formulation of two products from the cashew pseudofruit: cashew powder (dehydrated through spray drying) to be reconstituted as fruit juice and breakfast cereal with enriched dehydrated cashew. The results indicated that the enriched cashew cereal had good acceptance among Ghanaian consumers. There were tests to obtain spray dried powd

Status: Completed     Start date: Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2014