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Topic: EMBRAPA

	Embrapa Hortaliças - Informations
		Research activities of Embrapa Hortaliças are governed by the demands brought in by any individual or public/private company which play a role in the vegetable crop agribusiness.
		Embrapa Hortaliças occupies an area of nearly 1500 ha where are located the experimental fields, laboratories, buildings and all othe support facilites.
		Embrapa Hortaliças is located in the outskirts (40 km) of the Capital City, Brasilia, Brazil.
	www.cnph.embrapa.br /ingles/ingles.htm (355 words)

	Budget Cuts Could Hurt Brazilian Ag
		He says that, since Embrapa is a government company with no need to make a profit, it can invest in the several years of effort needed to develop new varieties, such as the nematode-tolerant cultivars he's particularly interested in today.
		Embrapa research on increasing nodulation in first-time soybeans after wheat, developed on Brazil's dry Savannahs, is even being recommended to North Dakota soybean farmers.
		An Embrapa spokesman says that, as a result, 20% of its ag research projects are on hold at its 37 research centers around the country.
	cornandsoybeandigest.com /mag/soybean_budget_cuts_hurt (705 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		EMBRAPA has adopted major administrative reforms consistent with project objectives and activities to avoid costly duplication of research administrative tasks; and greater decentralization, autonomy and accountability of research units.
		EMBRAPA considers benefits of the new system sufficiently significant that it plans to allocate 30% of the national research operating budget of the SNPA to the Competitive Grants System established under the project at the end of the project period.
		EMBRAPA expects to leverage substantial resources from the private sector and producer organizations; therefore, financial sustainability is unlikely to be an issue.
	www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/1997/05/05/000009265_3970818101800/Rendered/INDEX/multi0page.txt (12536 words)

	Day , 9 - Visit to Embrapa in Rio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The organization Embrapa has 8,500 employees across Brazil and is comparable to the USDA in the United States.
		Unfortunately, the workers at Embrapa Food Technology were on strike due to budget cuts, and employee downsizing.
		After our morning visit at Embrapa, we went on a city tour of Rio where we were able to see the Sugar Loaf (Pao de Sucar), and Corcovado (Christ on the mountain).
	pasture.ecn.purdue.edu /~brazil/Day_9.htm (306 words)

	Technology and policy breakthroughs
		While Embrapa has continued its research on the economics of traditional agriculture on cleared land, it has expanded its work on the development and testing of new technologies to include those that can be practised on forested lands, reflecting increased awareness that adding value to the forest is fundamental to saving it.
		Embrapa was asked to provide the scientific and technical basis on which regional and state-level policies could be developed.
		Embrapa also played an important role in providing the scientific and technical support needed for the federal government’s decision, in November 1999, to prohibit any further establishment of new settlement projects in the forests of the Brazilian Amazon.
	www.asb.cgiar.org /data/dataset/IDAW4AYB.htm (1247 words)

	Bem-vindo(a) à página da Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste — Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste
		A Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste tem por missão: "viabilizar soluções tecnológicas competitivas para o desenvolvimento da pecuária da região sudeste, por meio da geração, da adaptação e da transferência de tecnologias, em benefício da sociedade".
		A Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste realiza regularmente dias-de-campo, seminários, cursos e outras atividades, para divulgação das pesquisas e transferência de tecnologias.
		Em 1974, foi implantada a Embrapa, que incorporou as Estações Experimentais que então pertenciam ao Ministério da Agricultura, além de terem sido criados novos centros de pesquisa.
	www.cppse.embrapa.br (1373 words)

	Items from Brazil
		This cultivar is moderately susceptible to powdery mildew, resistant to leaf and stem rusts, and moderately resistant to glume blotch and to aluminum toxicity.
		Embrapa 119 is a strong wheat in relation to industrial quality, and it has the high molecular weight glutenin subunits 2* 7+8 5+10.
		Embrapa 120 is a mid-strong wheat for industrial quality, and the flour is good for bread and for home use.
	wheat.pw.usda.gov /ggpages/awn/44/Textfiles/BRAZIL.html (1572 words)

	Versão em Inglês (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Embrapa Pantanal has already identified almost two thousand plant species, classifying them according to their economical potential, such as plants of interest for forage, honey, fruits and wood production.
		Embrapa Pantanal´s proposal is to answer challenges, generating a new base of technological information, capable to conciliate economic development with environmental conservation of the Pantanal.
		Research conducted at Embrapa Pantanal indicates that it is possible to use the region´s natural resources in a sustainable way, in agreement with alternative systems of nature utilization, such as ecological tourism and traditional systems, such as cattle ranching.
	www.cpap.embrapa.br /ingles.html (664 words)

	index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Embrapa´s participation on the international area has been growing, and the perspectives of it’s amplifying are happening too fast, aware of globalization and international economic integration, that means a categorical invitation to Embrapa act proactively on the transfer of science and technologic agriculture international levels.
		Embrapa is identified in the world as an enterprise with an expressive and qualified number of technologic and scientific Knowledge, overall to the tropics.
		Regionally, Embrapa occupies the presidency of Forum of Investigation and Development of agriculture (Foragro) and Embrapa is member of sub-regional research networks, as the Procisur and the Procitrópicos, those are programs coordinated by Inter-American Institute of Cooperation for Agriculture (IICA).
	www22.sede.embrapa.br /sci/unit.htm (642 words)

	Welcome to FreshPlaza
		The research is part of a bigger project by the Embrapa Semi-Arid unit for bringing new crop alternatives, other than grapes and mangoes, to producers in that area of the country.
		One of the obstacles to be faced by the plants in the Brazilian semi-arid, according to Assis, is the lack of cold weather.
		The project is an Embrapa Semi-Arid initiative, in partnership with the Development Company of the Sao Francisco and Parnaíba Valleys (Codevasf), an organization connected to the Ministry of National Integration.
	www.freshplaza.com /2006/15nov/2_br_olive.htm (433 words)

	SeedQuest News
		Embrapa lança livro sobre fundamentos para a coleta de espécies vegetais
		Embrapa busca ampliar cooperação internacional para a batata
		Embrapa Trigo mostra as novidades da soja na Expoagro Afubra
	www.seedquest.com /News/Companies/Americas/embrapa.htm (2469 words)

	A Embrapa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A Embrapa atua por intermédio de 38 Centros de Pesquisa, três Serviços e 11 Unidades Centrais, estando presente em quase todos os Estados da Federação, nas mais diferentes condições ecológicas.
		Outra ação de destaque na área internacional é o escritório da Embrapa África, sediado em Gana, que tem o objetivo de compartilhar conhecimento científico e tecnológico para todo o continente, e assim contribuir para o desenvolvimento sustentável, social e econômico, para a segurança alimentar e para combate à fome em toda a região.
		Além disso, a Embrapa África desenvolve ações de assistência técnica e oportunidades de treinamento e desenvolvimento de Recursos Humanos bem como a prospecção de oportunidades para o agronegócio brasileiro.
	www.embrapa.gov.br /a_embrapa/index_html/mostra_documento (566 words)

	Embrapa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Embrapa creates a tank that solves a problem and that generates energy
		Embrapa (Brazilian Company for Farming Investigation) assesses the results of "an efficient and low-cost" product for basic sanitation in the rural area, namely the bio-digestion tank.
		Embrapa’s technician also reported that in the Jaboticabal estate " the guinea pig " of the fertilizer, originating from the bio-digestion tank, is the plantation of graviola, a typical fruit of the Brazilian northeastern region, that has adapted very well to the region’s climate.
	www.institutodopvc.org /english/embra.htm (477 words)

	Embrapa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There are 8,619 employees in Embrapa, of which 2,221 are researchers, 45% with master's degrees and 53% with doctoral degrees.
		Embrapa coordinates the National Agricultural Research System, which includes most public and private entities involved in agricultural research in the country.
		Embrapa maintains projects in International Cooperation in order to perfect knowledge of technical and scientific activities or to share knowledge and technology with other countries.
	www21.sede.embrapa.br /English/a_embrapa/index_html/mostra_documento (159 words)

	embrapa
		Criada, um ano após a fundação da própria Embrapa, a unidade de pesquisa em recursos genéticos e biotecnologia veio dar concretude a um projeto de domínio da tecnologia de reprodução e de preservação de espécies.
		Além disso, a Embrapa desenvolve seus projetos de pesquisa em parceria com 36 instituições espalhadas pelo País, o que permite uma atuação coordenada e que gera resultados mais produtivos para o Brasil.
		Em especial, gostaria de salientar este aspecto relevante: indubitavelmente, a Embrapa, com a sua capacidade, seus técnicos, seu esforço, com sua tecnologia, dá condições a que as áreas de fronteira agrícola tenham o desenvolvimento que estão tendo.
	www.senado.gov.br /web/senador/JFonseca/embrapa.htm (2508 words)

	Embrapa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From the very beginning, on April 26, 1973, Embrapa has generated and recommended more than nine thousand technologies for Brazilian agriculture, reduced production costs and helped Brazil to increase the offer of food while, at the same time, conserving natural resources and the environment and diminishing external dependence on technologies, basic products and genetic materials.
		Embrapa coordinates the National Agricultural Research System, which includes most public and private entities involved in agricultural research in the country.
		Embrapa maintains projects in International Cooperation in order to perfect knowledge of technical and scientific activities or to share knowledge and technology with other countries.
	www.embrapa.gov.br /English/a_embrapa/getView (159 words)

	Digital Angel \| Press Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Embrapa was recently appointed by Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture as the certification entity to oversee that cattle producers meet the new export requirements.
		Embrapa, Brazil’s Agricultural Research Corporation, strives to provide feasible solutions for the sustainable development of the Brazilian agribusiness by generating, adapting and transferring knowledge and technology that benefit the Brazilian society.
		Embrapa coordinates the National Agricultural Research System with cooperation of other institutions carrying out research in geographical areas or in defined fields of scientific knowledge.
	www.digitalangelcorp.com /about_pressreleases.asp?RELEASE_ID=55 (713 words)

	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa Soja
		Embrapa Soybean headquarters are located in a 350 hectares farm (Fazenda Santa Terezinha), District of Warta, 20 km from downtown Londrina, state of Paraná.
		Embrapa Soybean has, also, another 121 hectares farm, located in Londrina, District of Maravilha, 35 km from downtown Londrina and an experimental field in the county of Balsas, State of Maranhão, Northeast Brazil.
		Embrapa Soybean strategic planning is based on the master plan of the Research Center (PDU).
	www.cnpso.embrapa.br /index2.php?op_page=132&cod_pai=0 (343 words)

	Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropical
		Established in 1973, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), has the institutional mission to provide feasible solutions for the sustainable development of Brazilian agribusiness through knowledge and technology generation and transfer.
		The National Center for Research on Cassava and Tropical Fruit Crops (Embrapa Cassava and Tropical Fruits) was created in 1975 as one of the corporation’s units devoted to specific products.
		In line with the Embrapa’s Master Plane, its institutional mission is to provide solutions for sustainable development of the cassava and fruit crops agribusiness by generation, adaptation and transference of knowledge and technologies for social benefit.
	www.cnpmf.embrapa.br /index.php?menu=1&p=english_a_unidade.php (189 words)

	Slowfood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although small, this projects signals a crucial effort by EMBRAPA to research sustainable solutions to develop and preserve this vital ecosystem.
		Over the past two decades EMBRAPA has been the major developer of the innovative technologies responsible for Brazil's tremendously competitive agriculture.
		On the one hand EMBRAPA is currently suffering from diminishing funds for its research projects, on the other hand national demand is growing in different sectors for priority treatment to Brazil's number one research organization.
	www.slowfood.com /eng/sf_sloweb/sf_arch_sloweek.lasso?-database=sf_sloweb&-layout=tutti&-response=sf_sloweb_dettaglio.lasso&-recordID=35487&-search (763 words)

	Embrapa Gado de Leite
		The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation ¾ Embrapa, of the Agriculture and Food Supply Ministry, created in 1973, has the institutional mission to provide solutions for sustainable development of the Brazilian agribusiness by generation, adaptation and transference of knowledge and technologies for social benefit.
		The National Dairy Cattle Research Center – Embrapa Dairy Cattle was established in 1976 as one of the corporation’s units devoted to specific commodity.
		In line with the Embrapa’s Master Plane, its institutional mission is to provide solutions for sustainable development of the Brazilian dairy agribusiness, with emphasis on the primary sector, by generation, adaptation and transference of knowledge and technologies for social benefit.
	www.cnpgl.embrapa.br /ingles/cattle.html (570 words)

	A Embrapa
		Durante o programa de rádio Prosa Rural da semana de 25.04 a 1º.06, a Embrapa Rondônia (Porto Velho/RO), Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, ligada ao Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento expõe aos produtores a importância de se produzir leite com qualidade.
		Estas dicas estão sendo difundidas pela Embrapa Rondônia para que os pequenos produtores produzam leite com melhor qualidade conseguindo, com isso melhorar a inserção do seu produto junto a seus compradores e conseqüentemente melhorar a renda familiar.
		Com todo este contexto, a unidade da Embrapa no Estado vem pesquisando a pecuária orgânica uma alternativa para o produtor que, enfatiza o João Paulo, têm em sua essência a simplicidade e a harmonia com a natureza, sem deixar de lado a produtividade e a rentabilidade.
	www.cpafro.embrapa.br /ultimas7.htm (539 words)

	Tanzania Standard Newspapers\|Home
		Embrapa co-ordinates the National Agricultural Research System, which includes most public and private entities involved in agricultural research in the country.
		He explains that research has resulted in an increase in pasture carrying capacity from 0.5 to 1.5 animals/ha during the dry season and from 1 to 2.5 animals/ha during the rainy period, in addition to providing a weight gain of 90 to 220kg/animal and from 70 to 550kg/ha/yr.
		This is a technology developed by the Embrapa Acre, in which grasses are adapted for intercropping with the legume Pueraria phaseoloides.
	www.dailynews-tsn.com /news.php?id=1366 (1297 words)

	PROJECT METAS - A PARTNERSHIP IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT APPLIED TO THE NO-TILLAGE SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL
		The first attempt to introduce no-tillage in Brazil was done by planting one hectare of sorghum to winter crop stubble without tillage, in 1969, in the county of Não-Me-Toque, State of Rio Grande do Sul, with a Buffalo seeder imported by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul through a USAID Program.
		This period was characterized by adoption of the RandD approach focused on the generation and transformation of no-tillage knowledge into technologies ready for use in different regions of southern Brazil.
		Embrapa research centers and the Universidade Federal de Pelotas were responsible for conducting research and training extension agents.
	pnwsteep.wsu.edu /directseed/conf99/dspropBr.htm (3898 words)

	McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program Project Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Embrapa has produced maize and sorghum cultivars that are productive under otherwise marginal or inadequate fertility conditions.
		Forty-four entries of Maize Genetic Standards for soil acidity, phosphorus, and aluminum toxicity stresses from Embrapa Maize and Sorghum were received by Dr. Sam Gudu at Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya after six months of quarantine and Brazilian and Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture bureaucracy.
		Embrapa Maize and Sorghum and Moi University have been effective in leveraging financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation to achieve goal and objectives of this project.
	mcknight.ccrp.cornell.edu /projects/soil/brazil_kenya_soil.html (1567 words)

	Embrapa Florestas
		A Embrapa Florestas (Colombo-PR), Unidade da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) vinculada ao Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, vai apresentar durante o Show Rural Coopavel, as sementes melhoradas de Grevílea, a semente de Grevílea G01.
		Ministro da Agricultura lança as novas tecnologias da Embrapa Florestas (01/09/05)
		Embrapa apresenta alternativa para agregar valor à madeira (04/08/05)
	www.cnpf.embrapa.br /noticias/noticias.htm (892 words)

	CNPTIA - Embrapa Informática Agropecuária
		A Embrapa Informática Agropecuária, criada em 1985, é uma unidade de pesquisa temática, que tem como missão viabilizar soluções em tecnologia da informação para o agronegócio.
		Embrapa Informática Agropecuária oferece treinamentos em tecnologia da informação
		A Embrapa Informática Agropecuária, unidade da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, vinculada ao Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, vai promover em 2007 uma série de cursos, especialmente na área de tecnologia da informação.
	www.cnptia.embrapa.br (209 words)

	Brazil News 24/7 - Nothing But Brazil - Brazzil Magazine - Fresh news daily - English-language Magazine on Brazilian ...
		The opening of a Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) office in Africa is going to expand agricultural cooperation possibilities between Brazil and all the countries on the continent.
		In the first half of this year, the Embrapa is going to establish an office for technology transfer in the city of Maputo, in Mozambique, and is going to operate on the entire African continent.
		The Embrapa president believes that the Embrapa presence in Africa may also generate an opportunity for Brazilian companies to install themselves in the region to trade inputs and agricultural technologies.
	brazzilmag.com /content/view/1198 (1582 words)

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