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Embrapa & Brazilian Agriculture
Experiences
Embrapa in Central America & The Caribbean
Past / Present / Future
Embrapa & Public-Private Partnerships
An overview
Embrapa International Presence
Reasons & Strategy
Embrapa and Brazilian Agriculture
Brazilian agriculture: before 1970's
Low Ag production and low yields
Production concentrated in South/Southeast
Food supply crisis
Rural poverty
Lack of specific knowledge on Tropical Agriculture
Institutional void (ag research, education, markets,
media and governmental agencies, etc.)
THE TASK: TO MOVE FROM TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE TO
AGRICULTURE BASED ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.
•Established in 1973
•Linked to the Ministry of Agriculture,
Livestock and Supply
•Employees – 8,400
•Total Scientists – 2,210
•Scientist with PhDs – 1,650
• Annual Budget - US$ 650 million
Embrapa’s General Information
Embrapa - the model
HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY BUILDING:
Strong training program in centres of excellence
around the world.
FOCUSED RESEARCH MODEL: Concentrated on
products and areas of fundamental importance for
the development of the country.
Institutional building
Embrapa: building research capability
1974 - 2007
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• 39 Research Centers ( 3 News in 2010 )= 42
- 10 National Thematic Centers
- 15 National Product (Commodity) Centers
- 14 Ecorregional /Agroforestry Centers
•2 Special Services- Technology Transfer,
Technologycal and Scientific Information.
Embrapa Network
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Brazilian biomes
AC
RJ
SC
100 Mha (12%)
Atlantic Forest
Carlos Nabinger
4 Mha (0,5%)
Pampa
Cerrado
207 Mha (24%)
90 Mha (11%)
CaatingaRevista Geográfica Universal -agosto 82
Amazon
437 Mha (51 %)
G.Ziesler
Pantanal
13 Mha (1,5%)
Sandra Santos, Embrapa Pantanal
EMBRAPA’S NETWORK
39 Research Centers
2 Labs Abroad
1 T T Office in Accra-Gana
Tropical plants and animals:
soybean (photoperiodism)
tropical and adapted-temperate fruits
zebu cattle, poultry, etc.
Fibers and wood (cotton, Eucalyptus)
N fixation- soybean, corn, sugarcane
Biological control
No-tillage practices
Sugarcane and ethanol
Sandra Santos, Embrapa Pantanal
Archives, Mapa
Paulo Kurtz, Embrapa Wheat
Tropical knowledge conquest
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Viabilization of agriculture in the Cerrado
1960
1975
2005
Evolution and expansion of soybean in Brazil
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Actions of great social impact
Family agriculture
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Agricultural research impacts
SOCIAL BALANCE - 2006
Every R$ 1.00*= R$ 13.20
for Brazilian society
Social surplus: US$ 7.9 billion
Embrapa technologies:
112,504 new jobs
582 relevant social actions
Social balance (10 years) : US$ 49.7 billion
* US$ 1.00 = R$ 1.77
Paulo Kurtz
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Sugar
Orange Juice
Coffee
Soybeans
Beef
Broiler
Corn
Fruits
1st
1st
1st
2nd
2nd
2nd
3rd
3rd
1st
1st
1st
1st
1st
1st
4th
-
Production ExportProduct
Source: MAPA.
Brazil World Food Ranking
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Brazil – Evolution of Production and Harvested Areacrop 1990/91 to 2007/08
47.446.247.949.143.9
37.836.936.638.535.637.9
68.3
81.1 78.482.4
100.3
143.9
122.5
131.7
114.7
123.2
57.9
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
Harvested Area (millions of ha)
Growth: 25.1% = 1.3% by year
Production (millions of tons)
Growth: 148.5% = 5.5% by
year
Source: CONAB.
Position:
September/2008
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Meat Production
Source: ABIEC, ABEF and ABIPECS * Estimate
9,2008,950
5,200
10,247
9,530
3,411
3,0262,870
1,330
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007*
Beef: +76,9 % (94-
07)
Pork: + 127,5%
(94-07)
Broiler: + 200,4%
(94-07)
thousand
tons
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35.2
27.5
0
4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32
36
40
71/72 74/75 77/78 80/81 83/84 86/87 89/90 92/93 95/96 98/99 01/02 04/05 07/08*
Sugar and Alcohol Production
* Estimate (1st Sugar Cane Harvest Survey:
April/08)
SUGAR
Growth (02-08): 85.3% and 10.8%
by year
ALCOHOL
Growth (02-08): 139.8% and 15.7%
by year
million of
tons
Sources: SPAE / MAPA and CONAB /
MAPA
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hydraulic and
electricity
15%
uraniun
2%
natural gas
8% coal
7%
biomass
29%oil and oil
products
39%
BRAZILIAN ENERGY MIX
Source: MME/BEN (2005)
World: biomass 11%; hydraulic and electricity 2%
Embrapa Agenda for the Future
Food Supply for Brazil and for Export!
BioEnergy (ethanol, biodiesel): Embrapa AgriEnergy
Sustainable utilization of altered areas
Ex: drought and disease tolerant cultivars
Rain Forest sustainable use
Crop-livestock-forest integration
North-South-South dialogue: Embrapa Africa
Public-private partnerships
Tropical Agriculture: challenges for the future
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RD&I Plan:
AgriEnergy
Ethanol
Image: Inor/Ag. Assmann
Residues & By-products
of Agri-industries
and Forests
Energetic
Forests
Biodiesel
Starting point
Actions of great sustainability impacts
• AgriEnergy Plan
• Ethanol Production Plan
• Sugar Cane Agri-economic-
ecological Zoning
AgriEnergy Policies:
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Biotechnology &
Biosecurity
Frontiers of knowledge
Satellite Monitoring:RD&I: Geoinformation for Agribusiness, Environment and
National Security
Nanotechnology - AgriNational Laboratory
Embrapa & Brazilian universities network
Nanotechnology
Experiences
Embrapa & Public-Private Partnerships
1. Financing R&D with profits of a private technology – Ex .
Monsanto ( US$ 1 M / year);
2. Joint R &D for specific needs – Ex. Paper industry on
genetics of Eucalyptus ;
3. Partnership on cultivar development- Soybean (
Foundations), corn (F), sorghun (F) , vegetables, tropical
fruits;
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4. Licencing technology from third parties to
develop new products- Genes, Semiochemical;
5. Licencing Embrapa’s technologies to the
Private Sector- cultivars, lines, patents,
microorganisms,etc;
6. Co- hybrids production - oil palm, melon;
7. Technological support to Rural Development
Projects implemented by the PS (Venezuela,
África);
8. Joint R&D for new products – two or more
technologies into the same product;
9. Technology Transfer on crop-livestock-
forestry Integration . Ex. Bunge.
Embrapa International Presence
Reasons & Strategy
• External Policy
o Knowledge Exchange
o Knowledge Transfer
Equator
Trop. Capricorn
30o S
Trop. Cancer30o N
Input C&T
Output C&T
Labex USALabex Europe
Embrapa Africa
Tropical Agriculture: a fine case of international cooperation
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• Bilateral Agreements: 68
• Countries: 37
• Institutions: 64
• Multilateral Agreements: 20 Int. Org.
International Cooperation at Embrapa
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LABEX USA - USDA-ARS• genetic resources, food safety and nanotechnology.
LABEX EUROPE - Agropolis• Montepellier, France - agribusiness economy,
natural resources and food technology; • Wageningen, Netherlands - advanced biology;
•Rothanstead, England - plant/insect relationship
LABEX COREA (ASIA)• genetic resources, livestock production
Labex
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Major objectives:
• Technology transfer for:
•Agricultural and social-economics
development
•Environmental sustainability
•Food, fiber and energy security
Embrapa África
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Long term projects
• Mali/Regional - Support to development of the Cotton-Four Countries
• Angola - Strengthening the National Research Institute
• Angola - Two projects supporting private companies in the
development of major investments in commercial farming
• Mozambique - Strengthening the National Research Institute, project
developed in partnership with USAID
•Mozambique – ProSavana – A regional development project, based on
ProCerrado. The project is a partnership between ABC and JICA, with
Embrapa being responsible for the technology component
• Senegal – Support for the development of the rice industry
Embrapa África
Embrapa in Central America & The Caribbean
Past / Present / Future
Embrapa in Central America & The Caribbean
1. Embrapa´s first major institutional
experience in supporting a sister institution
outside Brazil was in 1987, when a group of 6
researchers stayed in CENTA / El Salvador, for
periods of 6 to 12 months.
Financial support was provided by a IDB
Project
2. Several researchers f rom Embrapa have
visited and supported sister institutions with
consulting, training, exchange of genetic material,
seminars
3. Several researchers /technical personel from the
region have trained at Embrapa´s centers.
Past
Embrapa in Central America & The Caribbean
1. Embrapa´s first experience in supporting and managing
a research project including a experiment station outside
Brazil is in Haiti.
The project, financed by the Brazilian Cooperation Agency –
ABC, entails the creation of a Unit for the Validation and
Demonstration of Agricultural Technology in a farm
belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture in Fond-des-Nègres,
Departament of Nippes. IICA is involved in providing
operational support.
2. With TCPs financed by ABC/MRE, Embrapa has vastly
increased the number of researchers who are visiting and
supporting sister institutions with t raining, exchange of
genetic material, seminars.
TCPs have also helped to expand the number of researchers
from the region who have trained at Embrapa´s centers.
Present
Embrapa in Central America & The Caribbean
Embrapa´s proposal for the future have been
framed by increased demand for TCPs and training.
This led to the following actions :
• 1. Installation of a permanent physical presence in
the region –
Embrapa Americas in Panama
• 2. Creation of an International Tropical
Agriculture Training Center in Brasilia- 2010
The Future
Embrapa in Central America & The Caribbean
Embrapa Americas
• Installation of a regional office in Panama to
support our work in Mexico, Central America, The
Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
• Deployment of two staff members – One to
coordinate R&D and training related matters and
the other technology transfer and business
The Future (2)
Embrapa in Central America & The Caribbean
Embrapa Americas – Pilars• R& D Platforms - development of specific regional projects
with countries of the region and international institutions.
Countries / institutions participating in the project will
develop it together and will select the regional institution that
could be the headquarter for that project.
•Transfer of Technology projects - this is the predominant
type of project existing today. It will continue, but we expect
that some of this projects could be transformed in projects in
the R&D Platform.
• Business - promising areas are related to seed sales and
licensing, other genetic material and support to private
companies operating in the region. An example is our support
to Odebrech Corporation in Venezuela.
The Future (3)
Embrapa in Central America & The Caribbean
Embrapa Americas – Implementation phases
• November 2009 - Technical Mission to Panama .
• November / December 2009 - selection of researchers to
be deployed in Panama.
• December 2009 to February 2010 - internal and
external travel s to develop initial projects and workplan s
involving NARs , Embrapa and donors.
• March 2010 – installation workshop in Panama.
The Future (4)