Reinforcing the international cooperation in FP7 FAFB strengthening the

CIRCLE of Third Countries BIO NCPs

Alba Chiesse da SilvaBrazilian Agriculture Research Corporation

Research and Development Department

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

Summary

� Context of Biocircle 2 Project

� Project Objectives

� Results obtained so far

� Perspectives

� Context of Biocircle 2 Project

� Project Objectives

� Results obtained so far

� Perspectives

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

Brazil is the world's 5th biggest country (8,514,000 km²);

Population: 196.5 million (5th biggest population);

Brazil shares a border with ten countries in South

America - and has lived in peace with all of them for

almost 140 years;

The largest economy in South America;

GDP: US$ 2.17 trillion in 2010 (7th biggest economy);

Low unemployment � 5.2% in Nov/11.

Image credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil

Development in Brazil – New Horizons

4,200km

4,288km

Great Environmental Diversity

Image Source: Google Earth

Development in Brazil – New Horizons

Increasing agricultural modernization and food production capacity

Development in Brazil – New Horizons

- Tropical areas are the most challenging to agriculture -Intense biotic (pests) and abiotic (drought, soil acidity, low nutrients, etc) stresses.

All these challenges will be intensified with the global climatic changes.

- Tropical areas are the most challenging to agriculture -Intense biotic (pests) and abiotic (drought, soil acidity, low nutrients, etc) stresses.

All these challenges will be intensified with the global climatic changes.

Challenges to Agricultural DevelopmentMost of the Brazilian Territory is Located in the Tropical Belt of the World

Evolution of Agriculture in Brazil

In 40 Years Brazil Developed an Advanced

Tropical Agriculture Complex

In 40 Years Brazil Developed an Advanced

Tropical Agriculture Complex

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After the 1970´s Brazil experimented an agricultural

development boom.

Agricultural Expansion in Brazil

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1- Flooded rice 0.952- Soybean 3.30

Corn 1.30Wheat 0.60

3- Soybean 3.20Corn 2.40Wheat 0.90

4- Soybean 1.20Pasture 11.00

5- Sugarcane 2.50Coffee 0.30Citrus 0.70

6- Coffee 1.007- Soybean 1.80

Corn 0.80Cotton 0.10Dry beans 0.20Pasture 9.00

8- Soybean 3.30Cotton 0.50Corn 0.40Pasture 12.00

9- Pasture 10.0010- Tropical fruits 0.0711- Sugarcane 0.9012- Coffee 0.6013- Drybeans 0.70

Soybean 0.90

In 40 years Brazil became one of the largest agricultural producers in the world

From Traditional to Science-based Agriculture

A Comprehensive Agrifood System

Brazil Developed a Clean Energy Matrix

Source: BEN (2010). Elaboration: UNICA

Brazilian Agriculture: Food, Feed, Fiber and Fuel

Brazil Became an Important Food Exporter

Brazilian Agricultural Exports (US$ billions) – From 2001 to 2011

Source: MAPA, 2012 - with data from Secex* Expected

Annual Crop Series

Source: MAPA (Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply)

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Institutional Building and StrengtheningCreation of a Comprehensive Agricultural Research & TT System

The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation47 Embrapa Centers Dedicated to Technology Development

17 State Ag Research CentersLarge network of experimental stations

Private SectorBrazil has also an active and growing private sector, which supplies technologies and technical assistance mainly in farm inputs and food processing

70 Agricultural Universities > 100 Ag Technical High Schools

Federal Network ofProfessional Education

Embrapa – Basic InformationEstablished in 1973

Employees: 9,342

Total Scientists: 2,253

Researchers with PhD: 1,941

Budget: US$ 1 billion

47 Centers and Services

National Thematic CentersNational Product CentersEcorregional/Agroforestry CentersServiços

Embrapa CentersPalm trees and floodplains

Integrating Crops, Livestock and Forests

Aquaculture and Fisheries

Advanced Studies and Capacity Strengtheningin Tropical Agriculture Serviços

Quarantine station and exchange of plant germplasm

* CGIAR

* PROCIS – Procisur, Procitrópicos

* Labex North America

* Labex Europe

* Labex Korea

International ScientificCooperation

Institutes, Universities

Bilateral Cooperation

Multilateral Agreements

Project full title: " Reinforcing the international

cooperation in FP7 FAFB strengthening the

CIRCLE of Third Countries BIO NCPs “

Grant agreement no: 265608

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

Main objective

� The main objective of BIO CIRCLE 2 is to foster the knowledgebase about FP7 FAFB & the networking capacities of Third Countryresearchers in order to reinforce their participation in FP7 projects.

3 project goals are distinguished:

� Disseminate information effectively to Third Country researchers;� Organise information days and training for Third Country

researchers;� Provide Third Country researchers with efficient networking

opportunities.

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

� 5 european countries� 16 Third Country Partners

Biocircle 2 Team

Activities performed in 2011Type When Where Target Audience Attendance

Brazilian Infoday 9th June Natal RN Researchers from National and State Institutes/Organizations, including universities and Private Companies

35

Brazilian Infoday(videoconference)

11th August Brasília, DF Researchers from National and State Institutes/Organizations, including universities and Private Companies

15

Training course 30-31th August

Brasília, DF Researchers from National and State Institutes/Organizations, including universities and Private Companies

15

Brokerage Events 15th July Brussels BioNCP’s and leader scientists 3

Regional event(collaborative)

6th-10th June Natal RN Researchers on Aquaculture 35

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

Training course in

Brasilia

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

Embrapa participation in the FP7

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Number of projects� Bioenergy /Biofuels (3)

� Networking and Partnership building (3)

� Climate Change (2)

� Precision Livestock Farming

� Amazon Alert System

� Geotechnologies

� Plant Health

� Animal Health

� Ecochallenges in the food Chain

� Forecast on food security

15 PROJECTS TOTAL

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

Embrapa at FP7 projectsProject Acronym Title Start date

FOODSECURE Exploring the Future of Global Food and Nutrition Security 2012-03-01

ROBIN Role Of Biodiversity In climate change mitigatioN 2011-11-01

DIBANET The production of sustainable Diesel-Miscible-Biofuels from the residues and wastes of Europe and Latin America

2009-07-01

BRIGHTANIMAL Multidisciplinary approach to practical and acceptable precision livestock farming for SMEs in Europe and world-wide

2009-05-01

DEVCOCAST Geonetcast for and by developing countries 2008-05-01

AMAZALERT Raising the alert about critical feedbacks between climate and long-term land use change in the Amazon

2011-09-01

QBOL Development of a new diagnostic tool using DNA barcoding to identify quarantine organisms in support of plant health

2009-03-21

ALCUE-KBBE Towards a Latin America & Caribbean Knowledge Based Bio-Economy (KBBE) in partnership with Europe

2011-06-01

STAR-IDAZ Global Strategic Alliances for the Coordination of Research on the Major Infectious Diseases of Animals and Zoonoses

2011-02-01

ANIMALCHANGE AN Integration of Mitigation and Adaptation options for sustainable Livestock production under climate CHANGE

2011-03-01

SWEETFUEL Sweet Sorghum : an alternative energy crop 2009-01-01

JATROPT Jatropha curcas Applied and Technological Research on Plant Traits 2010-01-01

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

Impacts of FP7 Projects at Embrapa

� Establishment of a global research network including universities, research institutions and companies;

� Financial support from EC (European Community) has facilitated Embrapaparticipation in International Programs consolidating its scientific collaboration on the recommendation of sustainable production systems;

� The involvement of laboratories from all over the world in the validation of protocols strengthens the reliability of the methods and the certainty that they may be used as common tools among countries;

� Results from different projects may allow indications for public policies in distinct areas of agricultural production.

� Biocircle 1&2: Created conditions to enable projects from different EmbrapaResearch Centers to be submitted to the Framework Program;

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

Difficulties encountered

� Both EC and Embrapa have different and bureaucratic procedures that have to be followed making the process very hard to accomplish;

� Even though Portuguese is an official language at EC, the documents under FP7 have to be in English and for Embrapa all documents have to be in Portuguese in order to have legal value. Translations take time and financial resources, making it hard to comply with the schedule;

� These complicated procedures regarding the approval of the documents from both sides lead to difficulties on transferring resources and consequently on coping with the execution of the project and on the participation of researchers in some international meetings;

� That leads to the necessity of finding an easier way of receiving and using the resources like the inclusion of a Foundation, which has already happened in some projects.

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

Activity planning 2012What When Where Target Audience Attendance

Brazilian Infoday

August and October 2012

To be defined Researchers from National and State Institutes/Organizations, including universities and Private Companies

40

Trainingcourse

September 2012

Brasília, DF Researchers from National and State Institutes/Organizations, including universities and Private Companies

30

BrokerageEvent

2012 Brussels BioNCP’s and leaderscientists

3

Working visits

September 2012

To be defined Researchers 2

This Project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme

alba.chiesse@embrapa.brThank you !