The Institute of Animal Science (IZ-APTA) plans to complete its first Sustainable Livestock Research Center this year to consolidate cattle production in accordance with Brazil’s climatic conditions. The unit of the Secretary of Agriculture and Supply of São Paulo State will be located in São José do Rio Preto (SP). The goal is also to […]
The Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) will carry out the first public forest concession in Amazonas state. Humaitá National Forest will be tendered for wood and forestry materials production through sustainable management. This public notice is part of the Ministry of Economy’s Investment Partnership Program and should be published in the coming days. It includes a […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa), Marcos Montes, said this Tuesday (7th) that technological innovation is essential to guarantee food security and sustainability in agricultural production. In a lecture during the One Agro event, in Campinas (SP), he said that Brazil can provide positive answers to guarantee food supply needed all over the […]
Embrapa presents low-carbon livestock protocols in the US System tripled meat production without increasing GHG emissions
The series "AgriTalks" showed these topics to representatives of governments, private sector, academic institutions and civil society in the continent
Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) has issued 3,800 notices of violation regarding deforestation in the Amazon between January and April this year. This information were reported by Samuel Vieira de Souza, Environmental Protection director at IBAMA, on radio broadcast A Voz do Brasil Monday (May 23). According to him, those […]
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrates World Bee Day this Friday (the 20th) with a virtual event: ‘Bee Engaged: celebrating the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems”. The celebration will be open by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and aims to raise awareness regarding bees diversity importance for sustainable farming systems, as well threats […]
Embrapa and Brazilian Association of Organic Producers (ABPO, in Portuguese) identify that ranchers are increasingly adopting organic meat production and sustainable systems for cattle in the Pantanal. In just three years, from 2013 to 2016, this model produced 200% more meat in South Mato Grosso state. The number of livestock producers and slaughterhouses grew by […]
Luciano de Oliveira Souza grows goats and cows for dairy production, in Sumé city, in Paraiba state, Brazil, and is one of the farmers assisted by AgroNordeste program in the last two years. The initiative aims to support small producers in the regions North and Northeast for adoption of more effective and sustainable technologies in […]
SoluBio, a biotechnology company that produces bio-inputs on farms, has won the sustainable category of the South Summit Brasil startup competition, which took place in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. The result was announced on the last day of the event, which took place between May 4th and 6th, to reward agtech’s on-farm bio-input […]