In last the two decades, the melon agribusiness in Brazil has expanded nine times, reaching a production that is estimated at 500,000 tons per year and is concentrated in the Northeast. Since 2007, melons have become the main national fruit in volume of exports, and in 2008 Brazil was the second top world exporter. Nearly all melon cultivars planted in the Northeast are imported, and hence there is demand for more adapted ones, as the cultivars available were generally developed in soil and clim

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2012

Vaccination of animals as a method of controlling infectious diseases has been practiced for more than a century with remarkable success. The demand for more effective vaccines tends to grow as an alternative to the use of medicines and as a way to increase animal productivity, contribute to food safety and promote animal and human health. In addition, by minimizing the need for pharmacological interventions, the reduction of drug residues in the environment and in food is favored. As the use of

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2017

The farmer and the processing juice industry in Brazil and abroad, seeking ways to reduce their losses, through the use of new varieties, diversification of processing to obtain new products and the establishment of partnerships with centers research for the development of techniques using the residue of agribusiness. Aim thereby reducing the environmental impact generated by the production process and maximize your profits.

In this context, the Embrapa Food Technology, in partnership

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2015

In recent decades, there has been a reduction in the consumption of some animal products due to the search for healthy products. In the case of dairy products, fat is an important source of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a set of bioactive isomers, some with beneficial effects for human health, for example, in the prevention of diseases such as Alzheimer's. The manipulation of ruminant diet has been the used alternative to change milk composition and, thus, producing CLA-rich milk products. Add

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2011

In recent years, there has been a tremendous advance in the frontier of knowledge in advanced biology. The impacts of this advance can be observed in the areas of molecular and cellular biology, with the mastery of gene engineering techniques, which led to the cloning of animal cells in the early 2000s, unprecedented in Brazil, and more recently to the emergence of new Areas of science, such as nanotechnology, epigenetics and genomics, among others. The project seeks to incorporate these advance

Status: Completed     Start date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2015

Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura (Embrapa Cassava and Fruits) and the company Bioenergia Orgânico Ltda, headquartered in Lençóis, BA, have since 2011 maintained a partnership contract for the development of knowledge and technologies applicable to organic fruit growing in the scope of pineapple, acerola, citrus, guava, mango crops , papaya, passion fruit and Spondias. A series of works involving from soil preparation and management practices, cultural management, nutritional management, irrigatio ...

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

The reduced volume of papaya exports is the result of a number of limiting logistical factors, such as the absence of post-harvest technologies that allow export via maritime modal (which would increase the competitiveness of the Brazilian fruit due to reduced costs.) The excessive use of pesticides leading to the presence of residues in fruits has also been an important restriction imposed by the foreign market, a scenario which will soon also be a reality of the domestic market, considering co

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

Development of pre and postharvet technologies to reduce pesticides residues in papaya.

Status: Completed     Start date: Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2016

The general objective is to develop technologies for the control of post-harvest papaya diseases, aiming at reducing pesticide residues and post-harvest losses during storage and commercialization of the fruit.

Status: Completed     Start date: Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2020

This project proposes to develop selected pure lineages of maternal traits for high reproduction performance, weight gain, longevity and functional structure: selected pure lineages of terminal paternal traits for high performance, weight gain, food conversion and meat quality; and to define usage strategies to optimize genetic material (crossbreeding to form matrices and slaughter animals) with this material's cost reduction to producers. The strategy is to develop technical cooperation contrac

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