Outline Federative Republic of Brazil

Population growth rate: 0.91% Birth rate:18.45 births/1,000 population Infant mortality rate:36.96 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at birth:63.24 years Exports:$55.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000) Imports:$55.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000) General Population for Brazil: m Area: total: 8,511,965 sq km 9,629,091 land: 8,456,510 sq km9,158,960 water: 55,455 sq km 470, States Coffee, Soybeans, Wheat, Rice, Corn, Sugar cane, Cocoa Beef, Iron, Planes Machinery, Oil, Electricity

Investment in Education: 3% Education IBGE 58% > 27.5 million primary school (75%) FINISH Secondary enrollment : 1.4% > 10.3 million secondary school Universities : All states have one 68 major world wide accredited Universities 35 are Federal Primary enrollment : (Free) Education organization: Primary 8 years Secondary 3 years Higher Education Professor/student ratio: 1:24 Literacy : total population: 83.3%

Production Agriculture

1002 Ph.D & 961 M.Sc. The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation April 26, 1973 Mission is to provide feasible solutions for the sustainable development of the Brazilian agribusiness by generating, adapting and transferring knowledge and technology that benefits the Brazilian Society. Present in almost all the states of the Union, each with its own ecological conditions 9000 technologies for Brazilian agriculture

DIRECTOR EMBRAPA’S ORGANIZATIONAL CHART EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSHIP DIRECTOR’S OFFICE STRATIGIC MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION RESEARCH TRAINING Extension PUBLIC RELATIONS CONGRESS RELATIONS LEGAL ADVISORY RESEARCH UNITS ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITIES

Embrapa's Top Priority Programs 1.Appraisal, Management and reclamation Of Natural Resources 2. Genetic Resources & Biotechnology 3. Biotechnology. Based on market oriented demands. Developing new varieties resistant to stress from agroecological systems. Organizing and systematizing information on natural resources. Conservation of genetic resources

4. Grain Production. Production technology for grains. Soybeans, rice, beans corn and sorghum, wheat, sunflower, cowpea, barley, and triticale 5. Vegetable Production 6. Animal Production Embrapa's Top Priority Programs. Developing techniques and strategies for the rational exploration of the main species important for the economy. The generation of technology processes, knowledge and competitive products for the fruit, vegetable and cassava sectors

Embrapa's Top Priority Programs 7. Environmental Quality. Evaluating environmental quality and agricultural sustainability 8. Small Farm Agriculture Generate or adapt technology and know how capable of establishing a developmental process, better conditions for the stability and multiplication of small farming units and in this way better the quality of life of the small farmer and his family founded on greater integration of market economy conditions

40 Research Units, and 15 central units Embrapa co-ordinates the National Agricultural Research System, consisting of universities, research institutes and state research corporations. The company has ongoing technical and scientific co-operation programs with more than 150 institutions from 56 countries.

Research Units BEEF CATTLE Mato Grosso DAIRY CATTLE Minas Gerais FORESTRY Parana GOATS Ceara COFFEE Brasilia RICE & BEANS Goiania CERRADOS Acre COTTON Paraiba SOYBEANS Parana WHEAT Rio Grande BEEF CATTLE Para Swine & Poultry Santa Catarina

Embrapa's research has enabled Brazil to significantly increase Agriculture production. Soybean production has increased by 360%; maize, by 128%; wheat, by 49%; and rice and beans, by 27%. Research has also enabled farmers to produce soybean in the cerrado, to eliminate numerous pests and to grow fruit in the semi-arid region. It has also developed alternative logging techniques that prevent the destruction of forests.

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Characterization, conservation and utilization of the natural resources Development of alternatives to improve production systems in agriculture and livestock farming, Development of agroforestal and silvipastoral systems Sustainable management of native forests and silviculture Soils Maps

Research center for the development of: Cotton, Sisal, Peanut, Sesame seed Castor oil tree cultures Genetic improvement Development non-irrigated and irrigated production systems Integrated pest management Biological control of cotton pests Mt

The research unit operates in all national territory Development of the long and fine grain cultivars as rotational crop with soybean and for consortium with pastures under irrigation by aspersion. Genetic improvement Phytosanitary Rice and beans cultural management Technology transfer Number one in Production of beans Phaseolus vulgaris 2.5 Mt / year Developed system for regeneration of degraded pasture using rice or maize as carrier. Rice: Mt

Coordination of the Brazilian Coffee Research Promotion of coffee research Socio-economic studies and coffee harvests forecasts Agroclimatology and physiology Genetic and improvement of the coffee plant Harvest, post-harvest and quality Technological transfer and diffusion Industrial processes Pests, diseases and nematodes of the coffee plant Number one (31.1 million bags of 60k)

Nutrition and food Health and reproduction Meat, leather, milk and by-products processing Management of native and cultivated pastures Frozen semen and embryos Buffel and Gramão grass seeds Cheese and other dairy products Prevention and control of diseases Reproduction and genetic improvement Meat : Mt

Reforestation of Degraded Areas System for Monitoring Fires Reforestation Biological control of pests Integrated forest and agricultural production Management of natural and planted forests Assistance and training in forest issues Laboratory analysis of soil, plants, seed and lumber High Temporal Resolution Orbital

Animal improvement, reproduction and management Animal nutrition Animal health Vaccine against bovine sadness parasitosis Introduced 3 types of grass cultivars, which are responsible for 90% of the tropical forage seed Brangus-Ibagé

Animal management Genetic improvement Quality of milk Rural economy Elephant grass, Pennisetum purpureum 6 animals per hectare per year 11 kilos of milk/cow/day Genetic improvement of forages Control of ticks, bovine sadness parasitosis, Worms and mastitis Embryo transfer Strategies for cross-breeding and genetic evaluation Milk production systems US: 76.6 M/LTS (1) BR: 22.6 M/LTS (6)

Production: M/ton 35.5 Productivity: 2560 T/ha 2610 Area: sq/km 9.85 Genetics and improvement of soybean and sunflower Soil and cultivation management of soybean, sunflower and wheat Application of soybean in human diets Integrated control of pests

Embrapa 16 cultivar Resistant to soil acidity, stem rust and mosaic virus Presents a superior industrial quality, appropriate for bread making and pastas Genetic improvement of winter cereals, soybean and corn Biological control Biotechnology Soil and cultivation management Mt

C.F Canchim Cattle 5/8 Charolais and 3/8 Nelore Buffalo meat production Mt

Development and modernization of of breeding systems Genetic improvement on animals Animal health Production of vaccines Animal production and nutrition The laying hen Embrapa ll hybrid chicken resulting from the cross between selected Leghorn lines Mt chicken Mt Eggs