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The CoDAF website was added to SchoolAndCollegeListings – a leading online directory for schools, colleges, education professionals and other institutions in the education sector. According to the project, the…
The Data Access Technology Research Group (GPTAD) and the Digital Skills for Family Farming Project (CoDAF), with the institutional and financial support of Brazilian programs and universities…
The ebook titled "Digital technologies and sustainability in the countryside: the importance of data for rural development", with ISBN registration: 978-65-88374-01-6, brings together the papers presented at the VII International Digital Skills…
The book titled "Bringing small producers closer to data access and use: building bridges between their needs and ICT", with ISBN registration: 978-85-67703-06-0, brings together the papers presented at the VI Digital Skills…
The Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting (e-CoDAF), an event promoted by the Digital Skills for Family Farming project (CODAF), was held on November 8, 2019 and had the collaboration of…
The Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (CEDIT) is organized by the Data Access Technologies Research Group (GPTAD) together with the Digital Skills for Family Farming Project (CoDAF). The…
Members of the CoDAF Project held a course on ‘Data access for decision-making in rural areas’ at the ETEC Paulo Guerreiro Franco, in the city of Vera Cruz-SP. The aim of the course was to share…
The Digital Skills for Family Farming Project (CoDAF) held on June 13, 2019 the course titled “Data access for decision-making: using spreadsheets to visualize agricultural…
The Union of Bioenergy Producers (UDOP) is an organization that publishes data on the monthly and annual history of rainfall indices (in millimeters). Members of the CoDAF project produced a representation of this…
According to the Agricultural Economics Institute (IEA, 2018), the state of São Paulo is the largest producer of fresh tomatoes and ranks second in national production of ground-grown tomatoes, surpassed only by the state of…
One of the main factors in agricultural activities is labor, so rural workers are expected to receive fair pay, so that they can continue to perform their duties and have an income…
The Information Science Research Meeting (EPCI) is an event organized by the faculty and students of the Graduate Program in Information Science (PPGCI/UNESP), and aims to present the themes addressed by each…
Brazil is the 4th largest cassava producer in the world (CONAB, 2018), with an output of 20.8 million tons in 2018, grown on 1.4 million hectares. Data on cassava production in the state of São Paulo…
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released data from the 2017 Agricultural Census, which contains information on farm productivity, socioeconomic characteristics of the…
The National Education Development Fund (FNDE) made available data on transfers from the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) earmarked for school meals in the second half of 2018. The…
The Electronic Journal of Digital Skills for Family Farming (RECoDAF) has formalized a partnership with the Índice Latinoamericano de Publicaciones Científicas Seriadas - Latindex, a knowledge base that…
The ebook entitled "Information, Data and Technology" is the result of the presentations and discussions held during the II Information, Data and Technology Workshop (WIDaT), which took place from November 27 to 29…
The first edition of the Brazilian Symposium on Family Farming 4.0 was held in November 2018, in the city of Teresópolis-RJ, and was attended by speakers and listeners from all regions of the…
The Rural Producer's Digital Cash Book (LCDPR) is a document that records all receipts and payments made by the farmer.
The ebook "Data access technologies for the management of small rural properties" has been published, with ISBN registration: 978-85-67703-03-9
The 1st Brazilian Symposium on Family Farming 4.0 took place in the city of Teresópolis/RJ and was organized by Instituto Brasil, Portal Prosa and the Rio Rural Program, in partnership with higher education institutions…
On October 24 and 25, the 1st National Research Congress for rural and mining development was held in the city of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander – Colombia, an event organized by the Center for…
The Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting (e-CoDAF) is a conference organized by the Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF) Outreach Project in partnership with higher education institutions…
The Water for All Project aims to improve access to water resources for rural producer families. Producers who live in the city of São Pedro da Aldeia are already benefiting from this project…
RECoDAF works daily to give greater visibility to the research it publishes. With this in mind, RECoDAF's content is now indexed in new knowledge bases, search engines and catalogs:
The Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (CEDIT) is organized by the Data Access Technology Research Group (GPTAD) together with the Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF) Project. The…
The 7th Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (CEDIT) will take place on September 1, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., in the Shunji Nishimura auditorium of the School of Sciences and Engineering - UNESP/Tupã. The event is…
The Rural Platform of Sustainable and Agroecological Opportunities (PROSA) seeks to bring rural producers, consumers and the private sector closer together, encouraging the sustainable development of family farming and…
The celebration was established by Decree-Law No. 4,338, of May 1, 1964 ¹ . July 25 was chosen in honor of the death of federal deputy Fernando Ferrari, who fought for workers' rights and…
Members of GPTAD and CoDAF take part in international event on Knowledge Organization On July 9 to 11, 2018, the 15th conference of the International Society…
Members of the Data Access Technology Research Group (GPTAD) and the Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF) Project took part in the X International Meeting on Information, Knowledge and Action (X…
The fifth edition of the Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting (V e-CoDAF) has as its theme “DATA ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SMALL RURAL PROPERTIES" and will take place on November 9…
The Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (CEDIT) is organized by the Data Access Technologies Research Group (GPTAD) together with the Digital Skills for Family Farming Project (CoDAF).
The 6th Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (CEDIT) will take place on May 26, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., in the Shunji Nishimura auditorium of the School of Sciences and Engineering - UNESP/Tupã. In this edition, the event…
The Proceedings of the IV Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting (IV e-CoDAF) are now available to read. The event took place simultaneously at the School of Sciences and Engineering (UNESP/Tupã), the College of…
The year 2018 begins with good news for the Journal of Digital Skills for Family Farming (RECoDAF). Now the articles published by RECoDAF will be indexed by the Ibero-American Network of Innovation and…
The Electronic Journal of Digital Skills for Family Farming (RECoDAF) is an Open Access scientific journal, that is, free of charge to its readers and authors, whose goal is to disseminate theoretical…
The Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting (e-CoDAF), an annual event organized by the Digital Skills for Family Farming (CODAF) project, held its fourth edition on November 10 and 11…
In order to increase the dissemination of the articles published by the Electronic Journal of Digital Skills for Family Farming (RECoDAF), the Executive Committee announced that the content of RECoDAF will now be…
The Electronic Journal of Digital Skills for Family Farming (RECoDAF) recently entered into a partnership with ScienceOpen (Germany). Now, RECoDAF's articles are available on this platform…
On October 25, the event titled III Workshop on Data Science was held at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (POLI/USP), addressing issues related to open data management…
Brazil's total sugarcane production (in thousand tons) shows a significant increase in its harvest, going from 25 thousand tons in 2005/2006 to a forecast of approximately 40 thousand tons for…
Undeniably, coffee is a grain of significant importance to Brazil, to the point of having become cultural, impacting the country's economy. With this in mind, continuous monitoring of its…
The 5th CEDIT took place on Saturday, October 7, in the Shunji Nishimura auditorium of the School of Sciences and Engineering - UNESP/Tupã, where three talks were presented that addressed themes involving information…
The 5th CEDIT took place on Saturday, October 7, in the Shunji Nishimura auditorium of the School of Sciences and Engineering - UNESP/Tupã, where three talks were presented that addressed themes involving information…
The 5th CEDIT took place on Saturday, October 7, in the Shunji Nishimura Auditorium of the School of Sciences and Engineering - UNESP/Tupã, where three lectures were presented that addressed topics involving technologies…
Brazil has been gaining more and more prominence in grain production, notably wheat, which reached 6,475,841 tons in 2016, according to data from IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, 2017).
The 5th Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (CEDIT) will take place on October 7, 2017, at 2 p.m., in the Shunji Nishimura Auditorium of the School of Sciences and Engineering - UNESP/Tupã. In this edition, the event…
To obtain more information to meet the population's demand, the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea) produces spreadsheets with data collected weekly related to the average price…
Since the second semester of 2016, a partnership began between the State Technical School - ETEC, Professora Marinês Teodoro de Freitas Almeida, located in the municipality of Novo Horizonte - SP, and the UNESP Tupã Campus. The…
The lecture "Management Technologies for Family Farmers: Business Modeling with Design Thinking and Canvas," given by Professor Renata Pinheiro, presented a workshop proposal for working on…
The lecture "Mobile Devices in Agriculture," given by Victor Ubiracy Borba, presented options for mobile devices in agriculture, highlighting app options that can be used in agricultural practices…
Activities related to beef cattle farming, one of the most important in national agribusiness, according to data from the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (CEPEA, 2016), accounted in 2015 for 6.82% of…
The 4th Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (CEDIT) took place last Saturday, September 2, in the Shunji Nishimura Auditorium of the School of Sciences and Engineering - UNESP/Tupã. On this occasion, four lectures were…
Milk production has a highly significant presence in Brazilian agribusiness. According to Balde branco, 99% of Brazilian municipalities have dairy activity, and the milk production chain comprises about…
From August 21 to 23, the 7th Seminar on Information Science (SECIN) was held at the State University of Londrina (UEL), Londrina - PR, with the theme "Linking information, cultures and communities…
The 4th Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (CEDIT) will take place on September 2, 2017, at 2 p.m., in the Shunji Nishimura Auditorium of the School of Sciences and Engineering - UNESP/Tupã.
Family farmers and small and medium rural producers work with agricultural production that causes less or no impact on the environment compared with the production chain geared mainly toward…
Brazil is currently considered the world's largest coffee exporter, an activity that contributes considerably to the country's trade.
The lecture "Data Visualization Technologies," given by Leonardo Felipe Franchi, demonstrated aspects related to the use of Web resources to build data visualizations, at the 3rd Study Cycle…
The 3rd Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (III CEDIT), held on July 8, 2017, featured a lecture on the importance of patents and the registration of works as a way of preserving and…
The University of Brasília (UnB) is accepting registrations for the Teaching Degree in Rural Education program.
According to the Brazilian Association of Corn Producers, Brazil is currently in second place among corn-exporting countries worldwide.
The third edition of the Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (III CEDIT), organized by the Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF) project, was held on July 8, 2017, at…
Brazil is a leader in sugarcane production and in the export of its derivatives, such as sugar and ethanol, generating thousands of jobs across the entire production chain and revenue for Brazilian agribusiness.
The Association of Information Technology Service Companies – ASSERTI of Marília/SP organized, on Thursday, July 27, 2017, the workshop “Trademark Registration Processes,” held at the University Center…
The 3rd Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (CEDIT) took place on July 8, 2017, in the auditorium of the School of Sciences and Engineering (UNESP/Tupã), and featured presentations on topics…
The fourth edition of the Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting (IV e-CoDAF) will take place on November 10 and 11, 2017, and this year aims to prompt reflection on the use of data in the…
On Friday, June 23, the CoDAF group concluded its cycle of in-person meetings for the semester with the workshop "Identification and Representation of Data Sources on Family Farming," in which…
The 3rd Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (CEDIT) will be held on July 8, 2017, at 2 p.m., in the Shunji Nishimura auditorium of the School of Sciences and Engineering - UNESP/Tupã.
This week RECoDAF began to be evaluated in the Qualis system of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes), rated B5 in the area of Information Science.
On June 3, the CoDAF project organized the 2nd Data, Technology and Information Study Cycle at the School of Sciences and Engineering (FCE), in the Shunji Nishimura auditorium at UNESP Tupã.
The 2nd Data, Information and Technology Study Cycle (CEDIT), organized by Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF), will take place on June 3, 2017, starting at 2 p.m. in the Shunji…
On May 6, the CoDAF project organized the 1st Data, Technology and Information Study Cycle at the School of Sciences and Engineering (FCE) at UNESP Tupã.
This week the Electronic Journal of Digital Skills for Family Farming (ReCoDAF) began to be indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
Family farmers have intrinsic knowledge, often passed down from generation to generation, whether for use in production or in managing the property. However, the passing of time between these generations is…
Family farmers have intrinsic knowledge, often passed down from generation to generation, whether for use in production or in managing the property. However, the passing of time between these generations is…
With the intention of cutting spending to improve the financial health of the Mato Grosso do Sul government by balancing its accounts, the government will reduce the number of state secretariats from 13 to 11…
The Northwest region of the State of São Paulo is a major producer of Tahiti lime, with more than 1 million trees producing 100 thousand tons of the fruit. Researcher Mariângela Cristofani Yaly is leading the…
The entrepreneur behind the opening of a gelateria in Porto Alegre/RS worked as a business consultant for Sebrae, where he used the contacts of former clients to build the network of suppliers of…
The Proceedings containing the papers presented at the III Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting (III e-CoDAF), held simultaneously at the Schools of Accounting and Administration…
A farm in Minas Gerais has been monitoring its dairy herd using collars and bracelets. The technology was developed in the Netherlands and includes a system that monitors the movement of the…
The social network Twitter is a web platform that provides a microblogging service, which, as of September 2016, had 317 million users, according to the website statista.com. The Special Secretariat…
A farmer from Santa Maria D’Oeste/PR financed a photovoltaic system to produce clean energy, solar power, which will supply the family's house, the barn and the cooling chamber.
Released by Embrapa Environment in Jaguariúna/SP, Research Bulletin 67, which aims to share the work of supporting partner producers in the Integrated Strawberry Production Program (PIMo) in…
Brazil is one of the world leaders in the production and export of several agricultural products, oranges among them.
The startup market has seen growth in the number of agriculture-related apps here in Brazil.
Next December 6, the 1,500th Family Farming Participation Identification Seal, the SIPAF, will be awarded; it is one of the main means of valuing and recognizing those who make their living from family farming…
Advances in digital agriculture are allowing farmers to have in hand more and more data that help them make decisions in their activities.
The app offered by Álvaro Raminelli is a tool that helps cattle producers manage their production, making it possible to track a single bovine or an entire lot. By entering data, the app makes it possible to…
The researcher at the São Paulo Agribusiness Technology Agency (APTA), M.Sc. Augusto Zonta, gave the talk "Information technologies in the service of rural people" in person in the auditorium of the Adamantina University Center…
On November 18 and 19, the III Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting (e-CoDAF) was held. The event was broadcast by videoconference simultaneously at the Faculty of Technology (Fatec) in…
The director of the Alta Sorocabana Agribusiness Technology Hub, M.Sc. Ricardo Firetti, took part in the III e-CoDAF, giving the talk “São Paulo State Secretariat of Agriculture: digital information for…
The oil palm research center of Colombia, CENIPALMA, took part in the third e-Codaf through researcher Victor Orlando Rincón Romero, who gave the talk “From record-keeping to traceability” by…
The Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting – e-CoDAF is an event promoted by the outreach project Digital Skills for Family Farming – CoDAF, linked to São Paulo State University –…
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), linked to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa), develops, together with its partners, a model of agriculture and livestock related…
Recently launched by Embrapa, the Roda da Reprodução app aims to make it easier to track the herd's cycle.
Organized by Colombia's Committee for the National Promotion of Family Farming (CIN-AF), on October 25 and 26 in the city of Medellín, the 1st International Seminar on Family Farming was held, which…
The Word Rural Forum (WRF) website is a plural, network-type organization that aims to promote Family Farming and sustainable rural development. It is made up of farmers' federations, rural organizations…
The IZAgro app aims to help producers, free of charge, identify the main threats to their crop and find the best product to treat it.
The contributions of mobile apps to agriculture were the theme explored in the paper "Access to and use of information in the field: categorization of mobile apps", presented on October 6 at the III International Meeting on…
The Ministry of Social and Agrarian Development (MDSA), in partnership with the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic, launched a portal for family farming purchases, which went live on October 24.
The "Fruit Fly Alert System for peach crops" is a project that monitors insect counts in the peach orchards of a region so that sustainable strategies for controlling pests and diseases can be carried out…
Embrapa has opened registration for those interested in taking part in the 1st Embrapa Hackathon – Campinas Edition; registration can be made on the event's website until October 28, 2016.
During the 3rd International Meeting on Data, Technology and Information, held October 4 to 6 at São Paulo State University (UNESP) "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - Marília Campus, master's student Elizabete…
On October 5, master's student and CoDAF Project member Jacquelin Teresa Camperos Reyes presented the paper "Agricultural data representation structures: trajectory in journals and scientific events".
On Saturday, October 22, 2016, the city of Tupã will hold the rural producers' fair, with the presence of small and medium-sized rural producers from the municipality selling their products. The fair will…
From October 4 to 6, the 3rd International Meeting on Data, Technology and Information was held at São Paulo State University (UNESP) "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - Marília Campus. Several papers were presented…
Pedro Henrique Santos Bisi, a member of the Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF) Project, presented the paper entitled “PRODUCTION FEASIBILITY OF ACTIVITIES ON SMALL RURAL PROPERTIES THROUGH…
The dairy sector has been offering opportunities for entrepreneurs looking for startup ideas. "Ideas For Milk" is a startup challenge that aims to uncover the best proposals at events in…
Livestock farming plays an important role in the Brazilian economy, and the activity corresponds to the set of techniques aimed at raising and breeding farm animals for economic purposes. Among the productive specializations…
Last Friday (October 7, 2016), the outreach project Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF) held another workshop at the Adamantina University Center (UNIFAI). This time the focus was on…
At BR 392 - Km 78 - Monte Bonito, in the municipality of Pelotas (RS), the 7th Meeting on Small Fruits and Native Fruits of Mercosur will be held on November 22 to 24, 2016.
In the area of water resource management, Embrapa Soils (Rio de Janeiro, RJ) developed in 2012, in partnership with the Company for the Development of the São Francisco and Paraíba Valleys (Codevasf), the Brazilian System…
The Bicos Jacto para Costais app was developed by Jacto Small Farm Solutions, is in version 1.1.4, and allows farmers to find the best nozzle for applying herbicide, fungicide or insecticide on their…
On October 6 and 8, 2016, the 8th Sintagro (National Symposium on Agribusiness Technology) will take place, addressing discussions on “Strengthening Brazilian Agribusiness: Technological, Managerial…
According to Maria Rita de Oliveira, technical director of the Food and Nutrition Sovereignty and Security Program of the Union of South American Nations (Unasul), and a researcher at São Paulo State University (UNESP), there is a…
Balde Branco magazine was founded in 1964 and is considered one of the oldest rural magazines in Brazil. It is published monthly and its content includes reports, articles, interviews and analyses that explore the…
Open data is defined as the freedom for anyone to access, use, share or modify these data for any purpose, and which, according to the IBGE open data portal, is "subject, at most, to…
Agriculture and livestock is a sector sensitive to climate change, and such changes directly affect plantations. Accordingly, researchers at the National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters…
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) is a federal public administration agency that generates, organizes and provides statistical data and information of a socioeconomic, demographic…
Agriculture and livestock is a sector sensitive to climate change, and such changes directly affect plantations. Accordingly, researchers at the National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters…
Last Tuesday (September 13, 2016), at the School of Sciences and Engineering (FCE) – UNESP, Tupã, the CoDAF Project offered another workshop. This time, the focus was on the use of visualization models, such as charts and graphs…
The app developed by Embrapa in partnership with a university in Mato Grosso do Sul aims to help rural producers with the nutrition of beef cattle, making it possible to compare supplements of the same type from different brands and their yield…
At the end of August, the first Family Farming Seminar of the Cocais Territory was held in the city of Piracuruca in the state of Piauí.
On November 17, 2016, at the FCA School of Agronomic Sciences - Unesp Botucatu campus (SP), a training session on the ARAquá software will be held.
For exporting products, Brazil has many rules that must be followed, some of which delay trade processes, leading to lost time and reduced earnings.
A very interesting novelty for dairy producers is a sensor attached to the cow's tail that sends text alerts to a cell phone to help detect when the animal is in labor.
Promoted by the Graduate Program of the School of Sciences and Engineering of UNESP in Tupã, the 2nd International Symposium on Agribusiness and Development will be held on November 29 and 30, 2016. The theme…
PRONAF is a Federal Government program whose goal is to finance projects that generate income for family farmers and agrarian reform settlers, providing access to credit at below-market rates…
The authors Elaine Parra Affonso, Cristina Toyoko Hashimoto and Ricardo César Gonçalves Sant’Ana, in a publication in the journal Biblios: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, show the importance of…
On September 13 (Tuesday), the outreach project Digital Skills for Family Farming will offer a 4-hour course for all interested people on the use of charts and graphs for…
Dados.gov.br (http://http://dados.gov.br/) is an online portal created and made available by the Brazilian government to share public data and information, with its opening formalized in the document “First…
The app developed by Cepea (Center for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics) at Esalq/USP is intended to help cattle ranchers market bovine products; it provides data such as the average price of cattle, beef and…
Poultry Farmer's Day was celebrated on August 28, honoring those responsible for raising poultry and for the management, feeding and health of the farms. It is important to note that Brazil became internationally recognized…
Advances in technology are increasingly helping family farming, as shown by the adoption of drones as tools for collecting images and georeferenced information.
In addition to information relevant to family farmers, such as credit lines, public policies, trends and production methods, among other things, a growing number of initiatives are creating a…
Located in the Triângulo Mineiro, the city of Perdizes-MG has hundreds of small cattle ranchers in family farming. The dream of many of them is to invest in a purebred bull, a Pure of Origin (P.O.) bull, registered…
The app developed by the company 4Milk Team helps producers keep track of their dairy herd, even remotely, from wherever they are.
In Brazil there is a special day to honor the market vendor, the worker who sells their products from simple structures made of stalls and counters.
Family farming has been gaining ground in many areas, including science, with diverse research focuses aimed at farmers. At the 2nd Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of the Government of Brazil, through the Secretariat of Agricultural Policy (SPA), recently published the results of the studies on Agribusiness Projections for the…
The 13th MEETING ON PEANUT CULTIVATION will be held at the UNESP/FCAV Convention Center – Jaboticabal Campus, SP, on August 18 and 19, 2016.
Small agricultural producers will have the opportunity to increase their production sustainably through incentives for the creation of new startups and information technology tools aimed at agribusiness.
Cell phone applications, known as apps, help rural producers with the most diverse activities in the field. The Simulador do Código Florestal (Forest Code Simulator) app is an app that helps producers check their situation…
Groups of farmers organized by rural social movements who will visit the 39th Expointer, the largest exhibition of animals, machinery, implements and agricultural products in Latin America, which will be held from…
Learning computing can boost the rural business, making it more organized and competitive in meeting the day-to-day demands of a rural property. With this intention, SENAR – National Rural Learning Service…
At the School of Agrarian and Technological Sciences of Dracena (FCAT) – UNESP, the 1st International Meeting on Agrarian and Technological Sciences will be held on September 21, 22 and 23, 2016.
On August 9 and 11, 2016, in the cities of Montevideo and Buenos Aires respectively, the 2016 edition of the Agrotech event will be held, organized by NXTP Labs and Tokai Ventures, which are networks of investors…
On August 3, 4 and 5, 2016, the 6th Seminar on Information Science (SECIN) took place in the city of Londrina/PR, bringing together researchers, professionals and students to promote discussion of…
In the state of Mato Grosso, family farming has been gaining more and more attention. The state's Research, Assistance and Rural Extension Company (Empaer) held a Technical Meeting on August 5 aimed at…
Drought is an unavoidable problem that directly affects rural producers. With that in mind, the project “Sustainable Jucati: Bioágua, Agroecology and Nutrition” will take place in the sertão of Pernambuco, aiming to reuse water from…
It is natural for us to watch events and television programs, or even web content, with references to remarkable actions worthy of applause. Cooking is no different: there are many recipes, cooking methods and ingredients…
A farmer from Santa Maria D’Oeste/PR financed a photovoltaic system to produce clean energy, solar energy, which will supply the family's house, the barn and the cooling chamber. The system was financed…
A small rural property in the municipality of Urânia – SP, approximately 598 km from São Paulo – SP, became famous on the internet because of its strawberry crop and came to be called Morangos Urânia.
With the aim of providing advantages so that young producers can finance their rural activities, Pronaf Youth (Pronaf Jovem) offers credit of up to R$ 16,500.00, with up to three loans granted to each young…
July 28 is Farmer's Day, celebrating professionals who, regardless of the size of their property, do hard work worthy of celebration, since competence and dedication are required, given that thousands of people depend on…
Citrus growers must submit, every six months, the inspection report on citrus canker and on the orchard disease known as greening. This report is filed through the Animal and Plant Protection Management system (Gedave)…
It is already a reality. In California, United States, the Dervaes family has a 370 m² garden (a soccer field is 9,600 m²) where they manage to grow enough food to sustain themselves (more than 2,700 kg…
Through research carried out by the National Coffee Commission of the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA) together with the Federal University of Lavras (Ufla) through the Coffee Innovation Agency, on small coffee farms…
Many farms follow their production routine, with crops, methods and technologies, in the way their ancestors started and taught it through the many generations of the family.
The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has launched an app for rural producers interested in agricultural financing lines and microcredit.
Digital Agriculture is a topic that has been gaining ground in both scientific and professional circles. Although it is often associated with Precision Agriculture, its application is much broader, involving issues…
The National Supply Company – Conab has opened registration for the purchase of seeds from family farming, mainly so that producers of Caiano landrace corn seeds can take part in the call for bids to sell to the Federal Government…
Registration is open for the 12th Brazilian Meeting on Biological Control of Plant Diseases and the 16th Symposium on Plant Disease Management. The events will take place on October 18, 19 and 20…
July 17 is Forest Protection Day, whose main goal is to mobilize and make people aware of the importance of caring for and preserving forests, which are of the utmost importance for human well…
The Custo Fácil app, developed by Embrapa, is intended to help the integrated producer and technical assistance estimate costs for the following production systems: nursery and finishing pigs…
In 2016, the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming (Pronaf) turns 21 years old, and during the launch of the funds made available by Banco do Brasil for the plan…
With constant technological advances in the agricultural sector, it is becoming common to see the launch of software that helps farmers and cattle ranchers both with administrative management and with the handling and production of…
The Family Farming Price Guarantee Program – PGPAF, of the Special Secretariat for Family Farming and Agrarian Development (SEAFDA), aims to guarantee the prices of some products produced…
The Pronaf Eligibility Declaration (DAP) allows family farmers to gain access to Federal Government public policies, among them Rural Credit from the National Program for…
The rural pension reform creates uncertainty for rural workers, who today do not need to contribute directly to Social Security to receive the benefit. According to data from the Ministry of Labor and…
On June 30, 2016, Embrapa announced a partnership with the North American mobile technology company Qualcomm and the Institute of Solidarity Socioeconomics (ISES) to create the Technology Development Program for…
The meeting of the Brazilian Precision Agriculture Commission (CBAP), of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa), held in Brasília on June 28, 2016, discussed the overview of technological advances in…
Last Friday (June 24, 2016), at the School of Sciences and Engineering FCA – UNESP, Tupã, the CoDAF Project offered another workshop. This time the focus was the importance of controlling costs related to…
The new generation of members of family farmers' households, with the aim of obtaining and providing a better quality of life for their parents, seek job opportunities in the cities, leaving their homes in the…
Concern for sustainability led the owners of a farm in Guararapes (SP) to implement actions that contribute to the environmental preservation of the site.
On June 16, 2016, during a Good Management Practices (BPM) course, offered by the São Paulo Agency for Agribusiness Technology (APTA) in Monte Alegre do Sul, Aquisys v.1.3 was presented, which is a…
Aquaponics is the combination of the terms aquaculture (raising aquatic organisms) and hydroponics (growing vegetables in water).
A notice issued by the Special Secretariat for Family Farming and Agrarian Development aims to inform owners of rural properties of the extension of the deadline for completing the Rural Environmental Registry…
With the rise in the price of corn and soybean meal, demand for animal feed in the second quarter is expected to fall relative to the first quarter. For this reason the National Union of the Animal Feed Industry…
Pest and disease control in agriculture has generated much concern among Brazilian farmers, since using pesticides incorrectly and excessively for the most varied purposes can result…
According to the São Paulo State Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply, 292,879 rural properties are registered in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), representing 90.23% of the 324,559 properties in São Paulo.
Open-air markets, besides being commercial spaces, have sociocultural importance, since they foster interaction among people, keeping alive the popular cultural and food diversity of a region.
The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a study in which the effects of climate change in the North and…
With the aim of supporting small and medium-sized businesses, associations, cooperatives, women's organizations and farmers' organizations that develop “green technology” projects in the countryside, a center for promoting companies focused on technological innovation is being created in southern Brazil, in…
Embrapa Soils (Rio de Janeiro) is developing the project of an app that aims to bring soil classification to tablets and smartphones. The app, called SMARTSolos, will allow rural producers…
SENAR (National Rural Learning Service) offers a free course starting June 15 for producers, children of producers and rural workers with technical or higher education.
A study carried out by Embrapa in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), linked to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), analyzed the indicators of…
Small and medium producers located in areas of the Amazon forest and the Atlantic Forest can submit proposals for implementing demonstration units of the Sustainable Rural project until August 26, 2016.
June 8 is celebrated as Citrus Grower's Day. Citrus growing is the cultivation of citrus fruits such as orange, lemon and tangerine.
Environment Week, from June 3 to 10, is being marked in the city of Rio Branco in the state of Acre with an Organic Products Fair, which aims to highlight the need to consume…
From June 6 to 9, 2016, the 38th Citrus Growing Week, the 47th Citrus Grower Day and the 42nd Expocitros will take place at the Sylvio Moreira Citrus Growing Center - APTA, in the municipality of Cordeiropólis-SP.
The São Paulo State Basic Sanitation Company (Sabesp) went through serious supply problems in the region around the capital of the state of São Paulo, including the capital itself. There is no guarantee that this…
In December last year the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply launched a new version of the AgroStat system, which aims to make it easier for the public to access data made available by the government.
At Tecnofam 2016, an event on technologies and knowledge for family farming, Embrapa researchers Alberto Feiden, of Embrapa Pantanal, and Cesar José da Silva, of Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste, presented…
A differentiated system for agriculture was presented at TECNOFAM 2016 (Technologies and Knowledge for Family Farming), the garden called BIOS (Organic and Sustainable Biological System), which is characterized by…
The agribusiness Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 0.6% in February and has accumulated a rise of 1.09% in the first two months of 2016, according to data from the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) and the Center…
A São Paulo company intends to launch this year an app called Agra, which is like Waze, but for agriculture. Waze is an app that lets drivers choose the best routes and thus…
On June 3, at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), a seminar will be held on the theme "Institutionalization of organic systems and Agroecology in Brazil: advances and challenges".
The Family Farming Price Guarantee Program (PGPAF) published an ordinance on May 10, 2016 regarding the bonus for financing 8 products: tomato, babassu, cocoa, sugarcane…
Embrapa Meio Ambiente developed an Electrostatic Sprayer, equipment intended to reduce the application of pesticides on crops and increase the effectiveness of the application. The sprayer is portable and low…
At the International Conference on Chemicals Management last year, a resolution was approved aimed at helping to reduce and control pesticides considered highly hazardous. With a view to providing means for…
Embrapa Instrumentação presented at Tecnofam 2016 - Technologies and Knowledge for Family Farming, a fair promoted by Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste in the city of Dourados – MS, an automatic solar irrigator that…
The demand for organic products is ever greater in the current scenario and this implies the use of alternative methods for pest control, replacing the application of insecticides with the use of natural traps and repellents…
In the state of Santa Catarina, an app was developed that makes it possible to trace the fruits and vegetables sold on supermarket shelves. The technology was developed by the Santa Catarina Supermarket Association, and…
The Public Call for the Ater Mais Gestão Program is open until June 12, and aims to select public and private institutions that provide rural technical assistance and extension services…
The outreach project Digital Skills for Family Farming – CoDAF, in fulfillment of one of its objectives, which is to foster knowledge of and interest in seeking solutions that use informational resources…
The 2nd Call for the National Selection of Good Practices in Technical Assistance and Rural Extension in Family Farming and Agrarian Reform has been launched. The call aims to identify, systematize and share…
Citrus growers in Boa Esperança do Sul (SP) are using Information and Communication Technology to monitor and track the population of the psyllid insect, which transmits greening, one of the main diseases that…
The Crop-Livestock-Forest Integration Project (ILPF), developed by Embrapa, investigates the contributions of integrated systems in states of the North region.
The startup Agroplace launches an e-commerce platform in Brazil with the aim of connecting farmers from all over the world and simplifying the export processes for agricultural products. The platform works as an environment…
Since last year the federal government has been allocating about R$ 28.9 billion to finance family farming in Brazil.
The state of Rio Grande do Sul is one of the country’s largest soybean producers and, due to rains in recent weeks, the south and west regions of the state had flooded plantations, causing a loss of approximately 20% of the…
Through the State School Meals Program, the government of the State of Paraná has been investing in the purchase of food for school meals from family farming producers.
Eduardo Mamede, a cattle rancher from Canápolis – MG, developed the Pesa Fácil app, which aims to make the process of weighing cattle easier and cheaper. According to the rancher, cattle weighing scales are…
On May 11, 12 and 13, in Dourado, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, technologies developed in projects of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and aimed at the development of agricultural businesses of…
The Rural Environmental Registry – CAR, mandatory for rural properties, will be closed in early May. The document is considered an environmental “X-ray” of the property; if it is neglected by producers…
USP researchers, Professor Agnieszka Joanna Pawlicka Maule and her advisee Rodrigo César Sabadini, developed a non-toxic hydrogel made from biodegradable natural polymers capable of absorbing water.
Proposal submissions are now open for the Purchase with Simultaneous Donation and Stock Formation modality of the Food Acquisition Program (PAA), carried out by the National Supply Company (CONAB).
In today's agricultural landscape, producers use every kind of tool to increase the productivity of their land, thus entering the world of precision agriculture, which is already a reality for large…
Brazil is currently one of the largest grain producers, with a harvest of more than 200 million metric tons per year, according to an estimate by the National Supply Company (CONAB).
Monitoring dairy cattle day to day is not an easy task, and the larger the herd, the more work there is.
April 22, 2016, International Earth Day, will be marked by world leaders signing the Climate Change Agreement and by the launch of the "Trees for Earth" Campaign.
CoDAF - Digital Skills for Family Farming held the course “Use of Spreadsheets in Rural Property Management” in Herculândia, on April 13 and 14. Taught by Prof. Elaine Parra Affonso…
Pitaya, also known as dragon fruit, besides drawing attention for its beauty and appearance, can adapt very well to practically any region and still deliver promising production, as it yields up to 110…
Embrapa researchers (Paraná) have developed a simple and environmentally friendly piece of equipment for producing edible soybean sprouts. Tecnobroto was launched on April 11 during the Londrina Agricultural…
The use of drones in agriculture, according to Professor Brian McCornack of the University of Kansas, allows these devices to fly over the crop and collect data and disease samples more efficiently…
Irregular weather, low prices and difficulties in negotiating with industry put wheat producers at a disadvantage. As producers let the recommended window for planting corn pass, the…
A survey recently carried out by the National Beef Cattle Council (CNPC) points to the end of vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease in Brazil by 2020, since, according to the council, the disease is practically eradicated in most…
The Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, has published a public call notice for the purchase of food from family producers. Until April 26, farmers from…
With the help of a tablet, the app developed by the company called Strider, from Belo Horizonte – MG, uses combinations of maps, images and big data to identify pests and diseases and generate reports.
The II Seminar on Agroecology and Organic Production, held this Tuesday, April 5, in the Chamber of Deputies, gave visibility to agroecology as a proposal for the country's rural development. The event had…
Embrapa Grape and Wine developed, in partnership with the company Monofrio, the Suquificador Integral, a piece of equipment that produces whole grape juice in smaller quantities, with no added water, in order to help more than…
Specialists from the University of Vermont, in the United States, have published recent research showing that the deforestation caused by the expansion of agricultural cropland has had a direct influence on the water cycle…
With the growing demand for organic products in the European market, the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) is creating a project to boost the supply of these products, focused on European countries; this project aims…
Producing fruits and vegetables year-round is not an easy task, especially when the problems are lack of space and time. Faced with this problem, a U.S. company launched CropBox, a container…
The agricultural sector uses about 70% of the water in the world. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), almost half of all the water used in the field is wasted.
Researchers from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation – Embrapa - Food Agroindustry in Rio de Janeiro, the Institute of Technology (INT) and the Institute of Macromolecules (IMA) of the Federal University of…
UNESP researchers are studying the transformations that Information and Communication Technologies are causing in the rural areas of the interior of São Paulo.
May 5 is the deadline for the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), which must be completed by every land occupant or owner of rural properties in order to have access to federal public policies, since, starting…
The 23rd Agrishow takes place April 25-29, 2016, in the city of Ribeirão Preto – SP. Agrishow is considered the third-largest agricultural technology fair in the world and the most important in Latin America. In 2016…
In the first weeks of March, the CoDAF outreach project presented the launch of the first issues of RECoDAF - Electronic Journal of Digital Skills for Family Farming.
The Public Policy Training Unit of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) has registration open for virtual courses to be held in the first half of 2016. Registration…
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA), approximately 300,000 rural establishments produce coffee in Brazil, 81% of which are family farms, which are responsible for about 38% of the…
Washington State University, USA, carried out a study showing that organic farming can be used to feed the entire world population efficiently. Organic production can be profitable and improve…
To mark World Consumer Day (March 15), the Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger (MDS), together with the Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defense (Idec), launched the “Map of…
The use of shade nets in vegetable production is the subject of research conducted by the São Paulo State Department of Agriculture and Supply and the São Paulo Agribusiness Technology Agency…
Eight Family Farming enterprises will be selected to showcase their products at the Brasil Family Farming stand at Saitex 2016 - an international fair held in South Africa. The fair aims…
Dutch researcher Joop Van Lenteren, of Wageningen University, argued that biological control is the only sustainable path for agriculture.
Minister of Agrarian Development Patrus Ananias announced on March 11, at the Seminar on Public Policies for Rural Women, the public call for the Program to Support Infrastructure in Rural Territories…
The National Fair of Irrigated Coffee Growing (FeniCafé), held in Araguari, Minas Gerais, is discussing the theme "Irrigation in coffee crops"; only 10% of the practice is still used in the country, yet 30% of…
On Wednesday, March 9, Brazil's Official Gazette (Diário Oficial da União) published the products that will benefit from discounts on payment of financing under the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming…
Researchers at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT) analyzed breast milk samples and noted that 44% of the results showed traces of the pesticide Endosulfan. Endosulfan can be harmful to the…
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as UAVs or drones, is being employed in various settings to capture aerial images at a low operating cost.
Minister of Agrarian Development (MDA) Patrus Ananias took part in the 34th Regional Conference of the United Nations Organization for Family Farming and Food, held on March 1 and 2 in Mexico City…
In the state of Sergipe, the Secretariat of Agriculture, through the Sergipe Agricultural Development Company - Emdagro, launched the “Dom Távora” Project. The “Dom Távora” Project aims to promote the…
The Olympic Games to be held in Brazil in 2016, specifically in the city of Rio de Janeiro/RJ, will have something new. A partnership coordinated by the Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger, involving several…
Constant technological advancement in the countryside can be seen in pioneering companies in the field of automation, such as the Japanese lettuce production company “The Spread”. The company is the pioneer of the world's first farm…
The Proceedings of the II Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting (II e-CoDAF) are now available at (http://codaf.tupa.unesp.br/eventos-codaf/anais/ii-e-codaf). The event was held by the Digital Skills…
On December 3, the Ministry of Agrarian Development held the Seminar on Good Practices in Technical Assistance and Rural Extension – ATER. The event highlights the representation of Family Farming…
Fábio M. Moreira, a member of the CoDAF Project and a doctoral student in the Graduate Program in Information Science (UNESP/Marília), launches the book "Recuperação de Dados de Programas Governamentais: Um estudo do…
The company XMobot, based in the interior of São Paulo, is the first Brazilian company in the field to receive authorization from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) to manufacture drones, which are also useful in…
Cooperatives and associations of family farmers will receive an additional 6 million reais from the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) to be used for acquiring stock for the beneficiaries regulated by the Food Acquisition Program (PAA), and…
Last Friday, November 20, the 1st Brazilian Symposium on Governance and Sustainable Development was held at the School of Sciences and Engineering of São Paulo State University (UNESP) – Tupã Campus…
The 2nd e-CoDAF, an event promoted through a partnership among UNESP Tupã, the FACCAT Colleges and the Presidente Prudente College of Technology - Fatec, took place on Saturday, November 21, from 8 a.m. to…
According to the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA), only 60% of rural properties are registered in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) system. The confederation states that the deadline for registering in the…
The National Seeds and Seedlings Program for Family Farming was created by the Ministries of Fight Against Hunger and of Agrarian Development, with the aim of encouraging and facilitating the purchase of seeds and seedlings…
On November 18, 2015, the Coopera Unesp - 1st Family Farming Fair will take place, organized by the Popular Cooperatives Incubator (Incop), at the Unesp Bauru Campus - SP. In addition to Unesp, public bodies such as…
On Friday (the 6th), the National Seeds and Seedlings Program for Family Farming was launched at the 5th National Conference on Food and Nutrition Security (Brasília, DF). Support came from the Ministry of…
At the 5th National Conference on Food and Nutrition Security, held on November 3, 2015 in Brasília, a pact was made that aims to encourage the production of small farmers and organic foods…
A young man of just 23 decided to leave the capital, Belo Horizonte, to start producing vegetables in a hydroponic system with his father-in-law in the municipality of José Raydan, in the Rio Doce Valley, in Minas Gerais.
In February 2016, Sergipe will host the 5th Forum of State Secretaries of Family Farming of the Northeast and Minas Gerais. The central focus is family farming, and the Forum is considered of great importance for…
A study carried out by the Federal University of Ceará found that the northeastern state has a rate above 35% of people with some type of cancer, compared with other cities that have no farmland in…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN), presented in Brasília on October 22 the evaluation of six agricultural programs…
The Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) published the authorization of the Garantia-Safra payment, which will benefit 243,992 farmers in 202 municipalities. The information came by means of an ordinance, reported in the Federal Official Gazette…
The vegetables, fruits and legumes grown on 30 hectares at Atlas Farm, in Deerfield, have a sure destination for sale in Boston, the capital of Massachusetts. With a workforce made up almost exclusively of migrants from…
Climate phenomena, such as the greenhouse effect, which according to experts should change the global temperature by up to 0.8ºC this year, have become a target of concern for environmentalists, botanists…
According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Brazil is no longer considered a typically rural country, since the urban population has surpassed the rural one. Thus, there is a greater number…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has made available a course that aims to provide knowledge about public policies and the inclusion of family farming in the trade balance. The…
The National Program for Reducing Pesticide Use (Pronara) will be launched in November of this year, as a result of requests from women family farmers and agrarian reform settlers at the Marcha das Margaridas, held…
Aiming to improve the monitoring of the body condition of small milk producers' herds, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation - Embrapa Rondônia developed Vetscore, a tool made up of…
On September 29, the Ministry of Agriculture launched the “Healthy Milk Program,” which aims to benefit about 80,000 milk producers in the Center-West, Southeast and South regions, which hold 72.6% of national milk production…
On October 1, 2015, the 8th UNESP University Outreach Congress was held, which takes place every two years; this edition used a new structure, in which the event was decentralized, being…
Soilless planting was the choice of some properties in the cities of Capão Bonito and Porangaba, in the interior of São Paulo. Hydroponics is a technology that uses trays with water and nutrients to grow…
Starting on October 1, 2015, small farmers, riverside residents and fishers can buy boats and marine engines through the More Food Program (Programa Mais Alimentos) at a price below market value…
Colombia, a South American country historically known for tense relations between the government and guerrilla groups, has been adopting measures to strengthen local agriculture, using as a model the policies…
On Tuesday, September 29, in São Paulo – SP, the 6th National Showcase of Independent Audiovisual Production of the Tela Verde Circuit took place, an initiative of the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Culture with the aim of…
Since 2014, the government has run Fomento Mulher, a credit line for women in agrarian reform settlements with lower interest rates (0.5%) and a bonus of 80% per year to pay off the debt. In this case, the women producers…
In order to address risky situations faced by workers in Sergipe, the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) and the Public Labor Prosecutor's Office (MPT –SE) formed a partnership, aiming at the…
The federal government, through the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) in partnership with the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), opened registration beginning on September 18, 2015, for…
On September 3, about 55 papers were presented at the 27th Undergraduate Research Congress (CIC), held at São Paulo State University (UNESP) – Tupã Campus.
Brazil stands out as the world's largest producer and consumer of palm heart; however, its production comes exclusively from the exploitation of native species, such as the juçara of the Atlantic Forest and the açaí of the Amazon Forest…
On September 21, in the city of Canguçu, in the south of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, the “Family Farming Expedition” began, a project of Agronegócio Gazeta do Povo created to investigate and diagnose the…
Digital inclusion is becoming more and more important for producers, and to make this training easier, the National Rural Learning Service (SENAR) presents courses that can be taken in spare time, without the…
Aiming to make life easier for rural producers and spare them from traveling to an in-person course, the National Rural Learning Service (SENAR) has registration open for distance learning (EaD) courses.
The Federal Prosecution Service is investigating fraud in the school meal purchasing process in the city of Guaíra, in the interior of the state of São Paulo. The fraud allegedly took place at an association and involved the use of a…
For the third time, the National Supply Company (Conab) will open a public call to buy more than 600 tons of food products from small farmers in support of the fight against food insecurity…
The “Work Stations - Vegetable Processing” technology, developed by researcher Milza Lana, was one of the finalist and certified technologies in the 8th edition of the Banco do Brasil Foundation (FBB) Award in…
The WFC2015 event took place in the city of Durban, South Africa, from September 7 to 11, 2015. The event, whose theme is "Forests and people: investing in a sustainable future," brought together politicians…
Last Thursday, September 3, the first phase of UNESP's 27th Undergraduate Research Congress (CIC) was held at the School of Sciences and Engineering of São Paulo State University (UNESP) – Tupã Campus…
In the Araguaia valley region, located in the state of Mato Grosso, about 100 hectares of degraded areas were converted into productive areas through the Interagir Project. The project has the support of Petrobras…
Family farmers who have had access to the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming (PRONAF) will get discounts on loan payments, from September 10 to October 9, for 17…
This past Thursday (3rd), during the 38th Expointer, Embrapa launched the GestFrut tool with the aim of helping with the financial management of the production of 11 temperate-climate fruits. The software is available…
The Department of Agriculture of the city government of Pinhais developed the Family Farming Project, which aims to promote good environmental practices and food security and sovereignty, and which, besides seeking…
Because of the rising dollar and economic factors, agricultural production costs rose significantly in the current harvest. The analysis was carried out during the 38th Expointer, held in Esteio (RS), where…
The Minister of Agrarian Development, Patrus Ananias, was in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, on August 24 and 25, to present and broaden the debate around the main MDA initiatives related to…
With practicality and a simplified way of use in mind, with images and specific fields, InovaLeite was developed, software focused on dairy farm management that lets producers control the…
On August 19, Brazil and Germany signed an agreement consisting of an investment of up to 50 million euros (R$183 million) by Germany, 23 million euros of which will be applied to…
During the ceremony for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the National Supply Company (Conab) and the FAO, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), José…
The African Union delegation visited the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) in Brasília (DF) last Tuesday (25). The authorities representing Niger, Kenya, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Malawi showed…
Embrapa Vegetables (Brasília - DF) launched at Agrifam, held from July 31 to August 2 in Lençóis Paulista, SP, the book "Vegetable Production for Family Farming". The book brings together several…
The Reginal & Rural Broadband (R2B2) project is a Canadian initiative that aims to identify community development stemming from the opportunities offered after the installation of infrastructure for the use of…
Last Tuesday (18), the Minister of Agrarian Development, Patrus Ananias, announced the release of R$ 1.2 billion from the 2015/2016 Family Farming Plano Safra for the state of São Paulo.
The Cooperative of Settled Workers in the Porto Alegre Region (COOTAP) stands out for cultivating various agribusiness products since 1999, and in all 1,896 families take part in the cooperative. Of these…
In the municipality of Governador Jorge Teixeira, in Rondônia, it will be possible to regularize rural women workers' documents free of charge. The action carried out by the National Rural Woman Worker Documentation Program…
Because the use of cell phone and tablet technologies is increasingly present in Brazilian homes, including rural properties, Embrapa and the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) are developing…
Last Wednesday (12), the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, Supply and Rural Development approved the proposal that exempts the purchase of agricultural machinery from the PIS/Pasep and Cofins contributions…
Databases are a set of information specific to a given subject, recorded and preserved, that can be used for analysis and representations of a context. In rural settings these records…
The National Supply Company (Conab) will allocate approximately 3.5 tons of food to families in a situation of food insecurity. Foods such as rice, beans, cassava flour, sugar…
On July 17, 2015, the Computerized System to Support Ecological Restoration (SARE) was launched, an online platform for the registration and monitoring of all ecological restoration projects in the State of…
Last Wednesday (22), on a visit to the city of Promissão, in the interior of São Paulo, Patrus Ananias, Minister of Agrarian Development, handed out Family Farming Participation Identification Seals…
A member of the Digital Skills for Family Farming Project – CoDAF - M.S. Fernando de Assis Rodrigues, a doctoral student in the UNESP Graduate Program in Information Science, presented the paper…
Last Wednesday (1), a meeting took place with representatives of the Federation of Agriculture Workers (Fetag) and the Governor of Rio Grande do Sul, José Ivo Sartori, who guaranteed he would use resources from the…
Family farmers who accessed PRONAF for growing beans, bananas, corn and other crops will get discounts on the payment of their loans. The discount is valid for the period from July 10 to August 9…
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2015-2024 Report was released (July 15), with a special chapter on Brazilian agriculture. The Report is developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and…
Families in 17 municipalities in the interior of Ceará will initially benefit from a pilot project aimed at reusing graywater, with the intention of making the most of its use in times of drought. The…
The National Program for the Sustainable Development of Rural Territories (Proinf) contributes to the qualification of the productive and economic processes of Family Farming in Rural Territories. In partnership with…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) presented a study indicating that Brazil will be one of the world's main food exporters. And in this regard, family farming has…
With the aim of strengthening the economic and social autonomy of Family-Based Rural Youth, the Banco do Brasil Foundation, in partnership with BNDS, promotes Rural Youth Call No. 2015-008. The proposal will support…
This week a new ordinance was issued establishing the creation of the National Program for Strengthening Solidarity Cooperativism and Associativism in Family Farming and Agrarian Reform (COOPERAF). The program aims…
The Family Farming Plano Safra, released this week, presents benefits for small farmers. One highlighted benefit is the right of family farmers to take part in the Minha Casa Minha Vida Rural program…
Starting this Wednesday (24), the Paraná Agronomic Institute (Iapar), in the city of Curitiba, will host the 9th Brazilian Coffee Research Symposium. The event has about 1,000 participants from agribusiness…
On Monday, June 19, 2015, according to the final results of the second public call for proposals, the National Supply Company (Conab) and the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDS)…
Last Friday, June 19, according to President Dilma Rousseff, the amount of the 2015/2016 Plano Safra for Family Farming will be 20% higher than in the 2014/2015 crop year, reaching a total of R$ 28.8 billion.
In Mato Grosso do Sul, in the city of Juti, the 11th edition of the Creole Seed Fair, which focuses on family farmers, will take place. The fair will be held from July 10 to 12, 2015. Promoting, caring for and…
Women family farmers took part last Wednesday (June 17) in the ceremony celebrating six years since the launch of the Family Farming seal in Brasília. In addition to symbolically receiving the granting…
This Tuesday, FAO - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - launched a digital platform providing information to family farmers.
AGRIFAM, one of the largest Family Farming fairs in the State of São Paulo, is organized by the Federation of Family Farming Workers of the State of São Paulo (Fetaesp). This year the fair will start…
On Wednesday (10), the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, Supply and Rural Development approved a proposal that aims to simplify the channels for marketing fruit pulp and juice…
Producers who accessed the Program for Strengthening Family Farming (Pronaf) will get discounts on loan payments. In all, 18 crops are covered by the discount, including mango and cassava root…
Two apps designed to make rural activities easier were launched by Gerdau. Available free of charge on the Android and iOS platforms, the Fence Calculation and Product Catalogs apps have…
Until next Tuesday (16), a meeting of young farmers from 11 Latin countries will be held, with the aim of increasing knowledge for building family farming development policies in the…
The text "Territorial analysis and policies for agrarian development", produced by the Center for Agrarian Studies and Rural Development (Nead/MDA) and presented in Brasília (DF), described a positive outlook for…
During the event “Dialogue on policies for Family Farming”, the secretary of the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA), Onaur Ruano, highlighted Brazilian experiences in strengthening the sector.
Embrapa is making available lectures that were given on field days on the topic: Crop-Livestock-Forest Integration (ILPF). The lectures were held in the state of Mato Grosso, but Embrapa expects to…
Minister Manoel Dias, of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, signed, together with members of the National Federation of Workers in Family Farming (Fetraf) and the National Confederation of…
In the small city of Tanabi, in the interior of São Paulo, a rural producer dreamed of having a tractor but never could afford to buy one. But that did not stop him; he created an alternative, his own and one of a kind, using parts of…
The outreach project Digital Skills for Family Farming – CoDAF – ended the month of May with significant results. During the month, twenty-five (25) news items were published on the CoDAF portal, bringing…
On Monday (25th), at São Paulo State University – UNESP, Tupã Campus, a lecture on Digital Skills in the rural environment was held, with the participation of students from the…
Concerned about the emission of polluting gases, the Banco do Brasil Foundation created a mobile app named “balde cheio”, which calculates the polluting gases emitted in the dairy cattle raising process, with the…
Family Farmers will be able to buy machinery and equipment exempt from the tax on industrialized products (IPI), if the proposal passes the Committees on Finance and Taxation and on Constitution and Justice.
Rural Workers' Day was established by Law No. 4,338 of 1964. This date was chosen because it coincides with the day of death of federal deputy Fernando Ferrari, recognized for his dedication to social issues…
Producers constantly seek to minimize costs relative to production, and costs can often take up to 30% of revenue. It is in this scenario that companies are creating new technologies that…
The Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) consists of registering rural properties so that the government can monitor their conditions, providing benefits to producers such as rights to credit lines and other…
Payment to assist family farmers in 12 municipalities of the Northeast and the Semiarid region was authorized by the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA).
The São Paulo Agriculture of Social Interest Program (PPAIS) is a state project in which the government buys food from family farmers and uses it to prepare meals in hospitals, prisons…
The Federal Government's More Food Program, through the Ministry of Agrarian Development, partnered with the company New Holland to use Trimble GPS technology, which is attached to agricultural machinery…
In May, the first phase of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccination Campaign takes place in the state of São Paulo, in which animals from 0 to 24 months old must be vaccinated, and the second phase takes place in November, when the entire herd must…
A decree signed by the president changed the classification of products of family origin bought through public procurement; the process, which was previously carried out by an agent of the Ministry of Agriculture, can now be carried out…
The use of technology is increasingly common in rural life, and one of the most recent innovations is the use of drones (unmanned aerial devices), which have been gaining adopters in agriculture and livestock farming. One of…
At the largest fair in the Central Plateau there is a pavilion dedicated to the sale and exhibition of products from socioeconomic family farming organizations and agrarian reform settlers in Brasília.
In the small city of Belterra, in western Pará, the eighth family production fair was held. The event lasted four days and was organized by the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Company of the State of Pará…
On Thursday the 8th, in Istanbul, Turkey, the Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Agrarian Development, Maria Fernanda Coelho, represented Brazil at the meeting of Agriculture ministers of the Economic G-20.
The 1st Goiás Irrigation Seminar took place on Thursday, May 7, with the aim of promoting responsible use of water for food production. This event was promoted by the Federation of Agriculture and…
Last Wednesday, President Dilma Roussef established new measures in the Agricultural Defense Plan, which aims to decentralize federal inspection services for agricultural products. This action seeks…
At the launch of the Agricultural Defense Plan this Wednesday, May 6, 2015, the president said that the agricultural sector is moving toward a less bureaucratic path, benefiting family farming.
The Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), whose registration deadline was May 6, 2015, had its extension announced this Monday (May 4), with a final regularization date of May 2016. According…
The innovation is an initiative of one of the largest cooperatives in Brazil, demonstrated at the 22nd Agrishow with the aim of making it easier for producers to access modern technologies. Coopercitrus adds value to agricultural production…
Family farmers are gaining more and more space at agricultural fairs, such as Agrotins - Tocantins Agricultural Technology Fair, which will be held from May 5 to 9, 2015, in Palmas. The…
Embrapa will hold mini-courses during Agrishow, which is taking place this week. One of them is on the application of agricultural pesticides; the technique presented allows the product to reach the plants correctly, in the…
The 22nd International Fair of Agricultural Technology in Action – Agrishow took place from April 27 to May 1 in the city of Ribeirão Preto – SP, bringing together many companies in the agribusiness sector. The event aims…
The 22nd International Fair of Agricultural Technology in Action, Agrishow 2015, presents in this edition technologies that small farmers can afford. Precision agriculture, which consists of minimizing…
Several producers across the country report this difficulty, and there is great concern because, according to the Brazilian Forest Service, a producer who does not register by May 5 will not be fined…
The evolution of technology in the field over the last 50 years was a key factor in the sector's evolution, resulting in one of the largest research networks in the world. Thanks to universities, research institutes and Embrapa (Brazilian…
This Monday, April 27, one of the largest agribusiness fairs in Latin America, Agrishow, begins. This year the fair runs until Thursday, May 5, and the organizers expect about 160,000…
This Wednesday, April 22, a proposal debating the issue of outsourcing in companies was approved in the National Congress, and it is now going to a vote in the Senate. This proposal advocates some…
23-year-old student Mariana Vasconcelos created a platform, Agrosmart, with which water use can be reduced by up to 60%. The platform beat several finalists in the contest promoted by the Fiap college, Call to…
The expansion and importance of Brazilian agriculture have been increasing young people's interest in pursuing careers in agribusiness. According to the Trainee of the Future survey conducted by the consulting firms…
With eyes wide open, the rural world turns to technologies and the new reality they impose. In order to boost sales of their products, farmers and ranchers see in the Internet the possibility of increasing their…
The 2015/2016 Plano Safra will be announced on May 19, and according to Agriculture Minister Katia Abreu the new interest rates for financing the agricultural sector will be “practically neutral”.
Farms differ according to their location, and from this reality came the exchange between farms, in which students or farmers spend time on another farm in order to learn our technologies, new management practices and techniques…
CoDAF outreach project collaborators Fernando de Assis Rodrigues and Pedro Henrique dos Santos Bisi presented the paper titled "THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODEL OF OCCURRENCES OF BROKEN HYPERLINKS…
The National School Feeding Program (PNAE) encourages production by family farmers by requiring that, of the money transferred from the Federal Government to the state Departments of Education of Brazil…
Family Farming is waiting to see what will come in the announcement of rural credit contracting for the 2015/16 harvest. The National Confederation of Agricultural Workers (Contag) will ask the president today, at a meeting with her, to increase funding…
It was on a farm in the city of Capim Branco, Minas Gerais, that agronomist and family farmer Lucas Castro Alves, 32, had the brilliant idea of resuming his family's farm activities and selling his products by delivery…
Members of the Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF) Project took part in the 3rd Information and Technology Research Meeting (EPIT), held at São Paulo State University - UNESP - Marília Campus…
A leading trade fair for the organic sector highlights family farming producers who are once again winning over the international market..
The Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) was created by Law No. 12.651/2012 within the scope of the National Environmental Information System (SINIMA), and it is a digital registry that is mandatory for everyone…
Created in 2007, the program has already benefited seven thousand family farmers with a profit of thirty-five million reais, and this year it will be resumed by the government and Embrapa with the support of the Amapá Rural Development Institute…
The Santa Catarina Agricultural Research and Rural Extension Company - Epagri created the Integrated Tomato Production System, in western Santa Catarina, which involves several technologies with the aim of creating a group of…
The portal of the Central Bank of Brazil announces the management of rural credit policy through its Data Matrix. Interested members of the public will be able to access the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming…
To support small rural producers in the country, an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) and the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae). The Cesgranrio Foundation is…
In the region of the municipality of Itapetininga, about 400 families work in vegetable growing, with a focus on cucumber production over an area of about 92 hectares, generating approximately…
The direct purchase from family farming program created by the Rural Development Secretariat (SDR) was inactive during 2014 and is expected to be reactivated in May of this year, with the aim of buying and then…
Created in 2010, the Distance Education (online) program of SENAR - National Rural Learning Service is aimed at rural producers and the families of rural producers. The course content comes from the producers' own demand…
Bananas produced by family farming are included in the two million meals served in the 674 municipal schools of greater São Paulo. The estimated demand is 512 tons of nanica bananas and 194.6 tons of…
Technologies for economical water use in plantings have been gaining prominence, generating positive results in both consumption and final production. The lack of water experienced by many Brazilians in recent months and…
The British magazine The Economist published a report on microcredit for small rural producers, mainly in Africa and Latin America. Mr. Willy Foote, founder of Root Capital in 1999, has already…
In the small city of Santa Helena in Goiás, a “Boitel” was created. It is a hotel where cattle are housed for fattening, and in this hotel the main means of work is technology; the cowhands…
The Ministry of Agriculture announced that rural credit for commercial agriculture reached R$ 94.1 billion from July 2014 to January of this year, which, according to the government, is 60% of what was planned in the…
Giving rural producers opportunities for technical updating and for learning about production and economic trends, Show Safra 2015 will be held from March 24 to 27 in the municipality of Lucas do Rio Verde, near the north of Cuiabá…
"Producers should not count on a CAR extension," says expert Samanta Pineda, a lawyer working in Environmental Law and legal consultant on the drafting of the Forest Code...
The "Talents of Rural Brazil" project, part of the Vacaria Beekeepers' Cooperative (Avapis), links family farming with the tourism sector, earning a profit from producing honey-based cosmetics intended for hotels…
According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA), from January 2014 to January 2015, the participation of Brazilian producers in the organic market grew 51.7%, rising from 6,719 to…
The newspaper Jornal Diário de Tupã published an article in its February 23, 2015 edition about the course held by the Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF) Outreach Project. The article mentions…
The Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF) Outreach Project held module 1 of the course “Introduction to Using Spreadsheets in Rural Property Management” on February 10 and 11. This module…
The Digital Skills for Family Farming (CoDAF) Outreach Project will hold module 1 of the course “Introduction to Using Spreadsheets in Rural Property Management.” Module 1 will involve content on…
Family farmer Mr. Benedito Fonseca, whose property (Chácara São Joaquim) is located in the city of Dois Córregos-SP, implemented an irrigation system that stores rainwater to reuse it in his…
On November 29, 2014, the “Digital Skills for Family Farming Meeting (e-CoDAF)” was held at the Shunji Nishimura Auditorium at UNESP Tupã, organized by members of the outreach project…
Another piece of content developed in the CoDAF project is cited by an industry publication: the article “Carrying out accounting practices in small rural organizations and the role of ICT as a…
On the morning of October 29, 2014, the questionnaire was administered to the family farmers associated with the Tupã Banana Growers Association who deliver their products to the Food Acquisition Program…
Last September 26, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., the Workshop “Academic Production: scientific communication” was held at UNESP, Tupã Campus, taught by Fernando de Assis Rodrigues, a Master's degree holder and doctoral student at…
Recently, Brazil's postal service (Correios) published on its website a commemorative stamp about the “International Year of Family Farming,” designated by the UN as 2014. In a first for the country, the chosen theme…
With the aim of strengthening cooperatives of family-based rural producers, a public call notice will be published by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and the National Supply Company…
This Wednesday (the 29th), three organizations that represent family farming in Brazil joined forces and formed the National Union of Solidarity Cooperative Organizations (Unicopas).
Registration for the Organic and Sustainable Brazil Campaign has been extended to February 14. Family farmers who are interested in taking part can register on the website of the Ministry of…
The requirement to take out rural insurance, scheduled to take effect in July, at the start of the next grain harvest, may be revised. It is under evaluation whether the requirement will be kept or whether there will be only an…
More than 5,000 families, who supplied products to the Food Acquisition Program under the Purchase with Simultaneous Donation modality, receive payment this month. In eight months, PAA has already transferred R$ 50 million to the…
Alongside the occurrences of Helicoverpa, the main fear of the current season in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, another disease that has been harming soybean producers is Asian rust.
This Tuesday (January 21), President Dilma Rousseff said that farmers in several states will receive this week the extra installment of the Crop Guarantee Program (Garantia Safra).
Due to irregularities investigated by the Federal Police that forced the reformulation of the rules of the Food Acquisition Program (PAA), operated by the National Supply Company (Conab) in Paraná, since…
With the help of the weather there was a 35% increase in carioca bean production in the first harvest, but there was also a drop in the price of the grain.
The Plano Safra, whose objective is to finance investment, operating costs and the marketing of agricultural production, will have its announcement brought forward so that it does not coincide with the World Cup.
This past Saturday (January 18), the sanctioning of Law 21,156, of 2014, which institutes the state policy for sustainable rural development of family farming (Pedraf), was published in the Official Gazette of Minas Gerais, a policy that has…
The Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (Seagro), the credit cooperative Sicoob Credipar, and the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae) have started a partnership to serve rubber tree producers…
Debts incurred by family farmers between 1999 and 2010 were forgiven by 80% of their value, and negotiation of the remainder is still possible depending on the producer's region. The discount was granted…
Thanks to a Federal Government initiative, products from Family Farming will be highlighted in 2014, through tasting, demonstration and direct-sale fairs, including in the host cities of the…
Caixa Econômica Federal announces that in 2014, loans will be available to family farmers through the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming (Pronaf). The volume of funds…
On December 30, 2013, the Federal Government authorized, through Decree No. 8,178 of December 27, 2013, the granting of a rebate of up to 65% on debts from rural investment and…
Responsible for more than 4.3 million production units, corresponding to 84% of the number of rural establishments in Brazil, family farming celebrates another year of great results. In 2013, the sector, which…
Communication as an extension tool to bring technological information to farmers and contribute to their development and quality of life. This theme brought together, in Brasília, communicators from Embrapa, the…
The National Supply Company (Conab) and the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) will invest R$ 15 million in strengthening family-based rural production, this being the objective of the…
The second day of the Brazilian Congress of Agroecology, in Porto Alegre, began with a recurring debate about the risks of pesticide use. The first panel of this Tuesday (the 26th), The fight against pesticides and…
The total funds lent by Pronaf to family farmers, from July to November 2013, was more than R$ 10.4 billion. This amount is 33% above what was contracted in the same period in the 2012/2013 harvest.
The first Concertation Workshop of the State of Mato Grosso, which had the participation of researchers, agricultural technicians, teachers, students and rural producers, aimed to foster the integration…
The Federal Government approved the purchase of 25,000 bags of coffee in Espírito Santo, with an investment of R$ 7.5 million that will directly reach 1,400 producers from five family farmer cooperatives in the…
2014 is the International Year of Family Farming, and small producers in the State of Alagoas are calling for investments to improve production. José Francisco de Oliveira is one of those farmers who gave up growing…
On December 18, 2013, President Dilma Rousseff signed the bill creating the National Agency for Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (Anater), an institution whose main objective is to qualify and…
Food safety is an essential practice for guaranteeing product quality, and in this context, the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (Seagro), through the Food Safety Coordination, developed…
The Federal University of Viçosa, in Minas Gerais, launched a Public Call to buy products from family farming and from rural family entrepreneurs. The initiative seeks to meet the demand of the university restaurant…
The International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) 2014 aims to raise the visibility of family farming and small farmers, focusing world attention on their important role in eradicating hunger and…
On October 1, 2 and 3, 2013, the 7th UNESP University Outreach Congress took place in the city of Águas de Lindoia, which aims to help promote, encourage and disseminate the development…
On September 19, student member Thiago Talon, a member of the CoDAF project, presented a paper at the 2nd São Paulo Rural Extension Seminar, held by the São Paulo Rural Extension Association (APAER)…
The Undergraduate Research Congress (CIC), held annually by São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP), is in its 25th edition, whose first phase took place on September 23 and 24…
The exchange of experiences on Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (Ater) is among the main objectives of the training course for agents to serve women within the Federal Government’s Brazil Without Extreme Poverty Plan…
In the bank, set up on an area of one thousand square meters, annual and perennial legumes, as well as grasses, are being tested and adapted to the climate and soil conditions of the region. The list of species is long and ranges from…
Agribusiness predominates in Brazilian agriculture today and has made the country a powerhouse in the sector. However, this system draws much criticism, both for the environmental effects of practices such as monoculture and the use of…
More than 15,000 family farmers received payment from Family Farming Insurance (Seaf) for the 2012/2013 harvest. The total amount paid is R$ 157 million. “The 2012/2013 harvest was very good in most of the…
Last Tuesday, the 1st, the Minister of Agrarian Development (MDA), Pepe Vargas, announced the set of public policies that make up the 2013/2014 Family Farming Plano Safra specific to the state of…
Family farming cooperatives interested in taking part in the first public call under the Institutional Purchase modality of the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) have until next Friday (4) to…
The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Antônio Andrade, met last Monday, September 30, with Turkey’s Minister of Agriculture, Mehdi Eker, to discuss cooperation for the transfer of…
Participants will learn first-hand about the National Program for Diversification in Tobacco-Growing Areas, coordinated by the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA), which currently supports more than 45,000…
Healthy people depend on healthy food systems. And a food system is made up of the environment, people, institutions and processes by which agricultural products are produced, processed and…
The social and economic strengthening of São Paulo’s family farming will receive another boost. This Tuesday (1st), the Federal Government announces the 2013/2014 Family Farming Plano Safra specific to the state…
According to the assessment of Renata Leite, general coordinator of Productive Organization and Marketing at the Directorate of Policies for Rural Women (DPMR/MDA), Brazil’s experience was well received by the…
“The relationship between Brazil and China is going through its best moment, with our trade relations ever more consistent, but we want much more, through new partnerships in agriculture and livestock.” That is what…
Declared by the United Nations as the International Year of Family Farming, 2014 will be a moment of great importance for all the institutions working to consolidate the segment and its…
The Federal Government presented this Saturday the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), in Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul. With it, owners or holders of rural properties will be able to begin the…
The rights to diversity, equality, health, education and culture for rural youth are highlighted in the debates around the creation of the National Youth System (Sinajuve), which should start operating this…
More than 200 mayors gathered in Araçatuba for the São Paulo State Mayors’ Meeting. During the opening of the event, 25 municipalities receive backhoe loaders, one for each city hall, from the Federal Government…
The journey covers a distance of more than 11,000 kilometers and has a single purpose: to exhibit, in the capital of the European country, Moscow, products made by Brazilian family farming. Supported by the Ministry…
Laboratories are important tools for fulfilling the missions of research, development and innovation institutions, whether public or private. However, the technological advancement of these places does not by itself guarantee the…
The International Coffee Week, taking place in Belo Horizonte (MG) starting Monday (9), will showcase the quality product made by Brazilian family farming. Ten family coffee-growing enterprises from the…
The Amazonas State Conference on Sustainable and Solidarity-Based Rural Development begins this Wednesday (11), at 2 p.m. For two days, the delegates selected at the territorial meetings will…
Two days before the delivery of yet another large order, the group of 26 farmers sets aside hoes and plows to share space with ovens and culinary equipment. "By the end of this week, they will deliver 51…
The Ater project serves more than 1,600 families in 15 municipalities around Santa Cruz do Sul (RS), who receive guidance on production diversification. The families are linked to Cooperfumos, which is tied to the Movement…
Pernambuco will be the stage for debates on sustainable and solidarity-based rural development on September 3 and 4 (Tuesday and Wednesday). The municipality of Pesqueira, located 215 kilometers from the…
The Conference ensured dialogue between Government and civil society, further highlighting family farming as a great generator of income and quality of life in the countryside”, said the delegate of the Ministry of…
Yesterday, Monday (9), the director of the Department of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension of the Family Farming Secretariat of the Ministry of Agrarian Development, Argileu Martins da Silva, spoke about Policies…
Loans granted in this first month of the 2013/14 harvest reached R$ 884.5 million, equivalent to 6.69% of the R$ 13.2 billion scheduled by the Agricultural and Livestock Plan. In July 2012, the National Program…
The Secretary of Family Farming of the Ministry of Agrarian Development, Válter Bianchini, met this Thursday (5) with state representatives from rural areas to discuss government actions related to…
Of the R$ 21 billion announced for the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming under the 2013/2014 Plano Safra, R$ 12.6 billion are already available to family farmers in 15 states. The amount is an…
Brazil and Africa are going to grow closer and closer. Through the More Food International Program, four African countries will sign a memorandum of understanding during the thirty-sixth edition of…
The presence of family farming at Expointer is consolidated each year. The results can be seen in the sales volume, which grows in every edition of the fair. In 2013, over the nine days of the exhibition, the 184…
It is estimated that by Sunday about half a million people will have visited Expointer, and if the performance of previous years is repeated, approximately 70% of that total, that is, about 350 thousand people, will pass through the…
Registration in Cadin prevents farmers from taking out any type of credit from financial institutions, which has made production unviable for many of them. The prolonged drought in the Northeast region…
The mobile laboratory of the Aplique Bem Program, an initiative developed for six years by Arysta LifeScience in partnership with the Agronomic Institute (IAC), will be in the interior of São Paulo until September 6 to…
This September, family farmers get a financing discount, in addition to the product basket, on 21 other crops. They are: açaí, seed cotton, babassu (kernel), extractive natural rubber, cultivated natural rubber…
Leaving the countryside is a problem for society, but it can begin to be solved within the family nucleus with appropriate ways of working and producing. This is one of the goals of the Integrated Agricultural Systems…
A successful political effort by the president of the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA), Senator Kátia Abreu (PSD-TO), helped pass unanimously, on the Senate floor, Bill 42/2012, which…
The Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) signed, on the afternoon of this Tuesday (27), contracts with four dump truck manufacturers to expand the actions of the Growth Acceleration Program…
Expointer 2013, which runs through September 1 in Rio Grande do Sul, is holding a contest for genetically improved dairy cattle, as in the case of producer Itamar Tang, who since 1994 has been working with…
Together with the launch of the 2013/2014 Plano Safra, the President of the Republic, Dilma Rousseff, and the Minister of Agrarian Development, Pepe Vargas, confirmed the allocation of resources totaling R$ 39 billion to the…
The Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) held, this Thursday (22), the first digital training workshop for instructors of the National Program for Access to Technical Education and Employment (Pronatec Campo). The…
This Monday (19), courses begin to support the training of technicians who work in the “More Management” program, which provides Technical Assistance and Rural Extension for Family Farming cooperatives. The course will…
To discuss the importance of maintaining sustainable family farming, the panel Low-carbon family production in the Atlantic Forest biome was presented on June 13 last, as part of the program of…
Pernambuco hosts, starting this Wednesday (28), the 1st Sectoral Conference of Rural Women. For two days, topics linked to rural development in the countryside will be debated with the participation of…
The rise of the dollar will benefit rural producers this year, but it will not be enough to guarantee the high profits of the last harvest, when commodity prices soared under the influence of the worst drought ever seen in the…
The launch of the 2013/2014 Family Farming Plano Safra took place on June 6 last, where visitors could see how the programs of the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) have changed the lives of…
On June 6 last, President Dilma Rousseff signed the Bill creating the National Agency for Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (Anater), already sent to the National Congress for approval.
The São Paulo municipality of Ribeirão Preto hosted, on June 13 last, the 1st State Meeting with New Mayors, the meeting being promoted by the Secretariat of Institutional Relations (SRI) of the…
In the first week of August, in Fortaleza-CE, the 33rd Annual Wholesaler-Distributor Convention of 2013 took place, concurrently with the 16th Sweet Brasi International Expo, generating deals estimated at more than R$ 570…
On one side, family agro-industries seeking to expand markets. On the other, potential buyers. This was the scene in the auditorium of the family farming pavilion at Expointer, on the afternoon of this Tuesday (27). The…
Handmade products that preserve traditional knowledge, made by family farmers who value environmental conservation and sustainability, will be at the 23rd Craft Design. The event…
October 15, 2013 is the deadline for family farmers to formalize the renegotiation of credit operations under the National Program for Strengthening Family Farming (Pronaf). The measure, by the National Monetary Council…
Nearly 24,000 family farmers in São Paulo will benefit from improvements to rural access roads, which are important channels for moving agricultural production to market. The Federal Government, through the Ministry of…
The national secretary of family farming, Valter Bianchini, presented on Tuesday (13) the public policies of the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) and the Secretariat of Family Farming at the 4th…
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