Farming

AGRICULTURE

Combating waste

New equipment increases water use efficiency in the field by more than 30%

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bovine embryo

Global benchmark in production

In Vitro Brasil produced 45% of the 2013 global bovine embryo production

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TECHNOLOGY LIVESTOCK

Fertilization markers

New techniques obtain the highest quality bovine embryos

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analgesic

Painkilling protein in coffee

Protein fragments in coffee plants act similarly to morphine

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Hiroshi Noda

Hiroshi Noda: Sustainable agriculture in the Amazon

Agronomist develops plant varieties adapted to the Amazon region

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Amazon

Who are the deforesters?

Large properties account for much of the deforestation

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embrapa

Mapped soils

Digital maps of Brazilian soils may contribute to conservation

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Agricultural Economics

Rural World in Transition

Experts analyze technological and economic strategies in the rural areas

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Rural areas

Drones map rural areas

New software analyses images taken by drones

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climate phenomena

El Niño and plantations

Japanese researchers map El Niño and La Niña impact on crops

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Granucalc

Pig-farming app for cellphones and tablets

New app designed for broiler chicken and swine farmers

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Agriculture

Biological attractants and repellents

Chemical substances extracted from insects and plants against pests

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climate change

Coffee with more gas

Coffee plants grow bigger when there is more CO2 in the atmosphere

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Biofactories

LED illuminates sugarcane seedling

LEDs increase in vitro productivity of sugarcane seedlings

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CLIMATE CHANGE

Coffee with more gas

Coffee plants grow bigger when there is more CO2 in the atmosphere

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COVER

Challenges in rural and urban areas

Climate change will exacerbate agricultural losses and affect urban management

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3D fruit

Three-dimensional fruit

Institute develops returnable packaging custom-tailored

Selected plants

Transgenic selection

Better development of transgenics in Brazil

OCEAN MINING

Marine fertilizer

Limestone algae may increase sugarcane productivity by 50%

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Agriculture

Irrigation management

New software for water management in irrigated crops

Pest control

Biological traps

Brown stinkbug can be monitored with a synthetic pheromone

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Biofuels

Versatile machine

Innovations in sugarcane harvesting improve access and soil compression

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Environment

Planting in rows

This method can help the movement of small mammals

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Public policies

Increasing demand for energy

Using idle land could expand biofuel and food production

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Memory

The botanist who wrote books at Court

Books were written 210 years ago about the problems of Brazil as a colony

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Ecology

Food with wings

Bees become more valuable for agricultural production

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Memory

Science in colonial Brazil

Naturalists have been better acquainted with the Brazil's natural resources

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Forestry Engineering

Wood out of rubber

The use of the trunk of the Pará rubber tree to manufacture furniture

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Agricultural Engineering

Quality Bagasse

Equipment makes it easier to obtain ethanol cellulose

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Agriculture

Fighting the yellow dragon

Studies and solutions to fight greening

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