Agronomy
Cover
Climate change expected to affect Brazilian coffee
As a result of climate change, coffee farms are likely to migrate again in the coming years in search of more suitable weather conditions
Cover
Innovations elevate Brazilian coffee
New cultivation techniques and improved analyses highlight the aroma and flavor of the most consumed nonalcoholic drink in the country
Research itineraries
Food safety advocate
Cultural differences did not prevent Pakistani agronomist Arshad Jalal from finding answers to his biofortification research in Brazil
By Rubem Barros
Agronomy
Another Brazilian source of hops
Experimental hop cultivation in Ribeirão Preto proves successful
By Redação
Electronic engineering
Carnaúba: an X-ray supermicroscope
The longest light beamline of Sirius in Campinas, São Paulo State, provides details on fossil histories, interaction of plants with the soil, and impurities in diamonds
Agronomy
X-ray of plant nutrients
X-rays measure concentration of micro- and macro-nutrients in plant leaves
By Redação
Agronomy
Intense heat, smaller harvests
Soybean yield has fallen by 6% for every 1 °C increase in temperature since the 1980s
By Redação
INTERVIEW
Marcio de Castro: A boost for bold research
New scientific director shares his vision for science and the future of FAPESP and reflects on his career as a plant geneticist
By Fabrício Marques, Neldson Marcolin and Alexandra Ozorio de Almeida
Chemical
Method distinguishes chemical identities of coffees
New technique identifies the origin of Brazilian canephora coffees from the states that produce the most
By Redação
INTERVIEW
Marcio de Castro: A boost for bold research
New scientific director shares his vision for science and the future of FAPESP and reflects on his career as a plant geneticist
By Fabrício Marques, Neldson Marcolin and Alexandra Ozorio de Almeida
Agronomy
Hops could replace antibiotics for chickens
Hops could replace antibiotics used to promote growth in chickens
By Redação
photolab
Prenatal combat
Electron microscopy shows the result of a method for combating maize pest while the larva is still inside the egg
By Redação
Entrepreneurship
New products for rural property owners
Startups develop food and improve agricultural management and sales, according to EMBRAPA analysis
AGRICULTURE
Pesticides can affect the health of agricultural workers
With a rise in the use of pesticides in Brazil, rural workers are increasingly being exposed to short- and long-term health impacts
By Yuri Vasconcelos and Frances Jones
AGRONOMY
Strategies aim to reduce external dependence on fertilizer feedstock
Techniques to help farmers use fertilizers more efficiently, inserting microorganisms into seeds, and identifying new feedstock sources have the potential to reduce the need for imports
By Tiago Jokura
Biotechnology
Sugarcane editing
EMBRAPA secures regulatory approval of the world’s first transgene-free sugarcane varieties modified using CRISPR, a groundbreaking technique for faster and cheaper gene editing
By Suzel Tunes
Video
The plant biological clock benefits agriculture
Understanding the plant circadian rhythms, and learning how to manipulate them, may widen cultivation options | 2'42
By Redação
Research funding
Learning to edit the genome
Brazil’s Crop Science Institute launches experiments with “gene scissors” to improve sugarcane, coffee, and citrus crops
Crop science
Soil genetics
New mineral mapping technique can help farmers save on farm inputs and minimize environmental impacts
Public policy
A paradox on the table
Food insecurity challenges faced by Brazil, one of the largest agricultural producers in the world