The collaborative work bwtween BRICs countries is strategic. This presentation brings insights on few areas in which two agricultural universities, In Brazil and India, can forward.

1. Opportunities for collaborative research
between UFRPE and UASD
Prof. Geraldo Eugenio
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Serra Talhada Campus

2. Australia
Canada
Spain
South Korea
Italy
UK
Holand
Germany
France
India
Mexico
Japan
Niger
Paquistan
Bangladesh
Indonesia
Russia
US
Brazil
China
Area
> 4 milion km2
Population
> 100 million
GDP
> US$ higher
Source: Investe Brasil
*Nominal GDP
BRAZILIAN POTENTIAL

3. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BRAZIL?

4. EDUCATION CHALLENGE

5. BRAZILIAN ENROLLMENTS
PROFESSIONAL
54 million students
2 million teachers
6.4 million students
345,000 faculty
187,000 students
65,000 faculty
BRAZIL'S EDUCATION

6. BRAZIL'S HIGHER EDUCATION
2377 institutions

7. The State of Pernambuco

9. PERNAMBUCO - BRAZIL

10. UFRPE

11. UFRPE

12. Years of story
changed the
life
11
1
UFRPE

13. UFRPE

14. UFRPE

15. UFRPE
Undergraduate
Courses
Students Graduate Courses
Campi Professor
Experimental
Station
Distance Learning
Unit
Staff
Secondary
Education

16. UFRPE
Gastronomy
Agronomy
Veterinary medicine
Aquaculture and Fishery
Forest engineering
Agrarian engineeering
Animal Sciences
Biological Sciences
BSc

17. UFRPE
Social sciences
Natural sciences
History
Literature
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Visual art
Teaching

18. UFRPE
Computer
Computer Science
Information systems
Economy
BSc

19. UFRPE

20. UNIVERISTIES
STUDENTS ENROLLED
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
UNIVERISTIES IN BRAZIL

21. UFRPE
Mechanical engineering
Electronics engineering
Electric engineering
Material engineering
Food engineering
Civil engineering
Master
BSc

22. UFRPE – Graduate courses
44 courses: 29 Master’s degrees
15 PhD degrees

23. International Programme
Faculty and student
mobility
Research activities
Extension and innovation

24. Crop Millions of hectares
Soybean 38.0
Corn 17.0
Sugarcane 9.6
Common beans 3.1
Wheat 2.0
Rice 2.0
Coffee 1.9
Cassava 1.4
Cotton 0.9
Orange 0.7
Beef production % of the world
United States 19.6
Brazil 15.4
European Union 12.8
Source: IBGE (2020)
Source: FAS/USDA

26. UFRPE- UASD
• Genetics and plant breeding
• Genetic resources
• Soil sciences
• Biological control
• Soil Microbiology
• Precision agriculture

28. International Collaboration Agencies
The Coordination for
Improvement of Higher
Education Personnel

29. Geraldo Eugenio
Professor of Agriculture and Biodiversity
Sep 13 2023
Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Federal Rural University of Pernambuco