Embrapa Rice and Beans serves as a hub for Embrapa's network, conducting research on rice and beans. It has 346 employees working on crop improvement, developing new varieties and transgenic traits. The research center has laboratories, experimental stations, and a gene bank. It contributes nationally by supporting other Embrapa units and regionally by providing breeding sites and technology transfer. Embrapa Rice and Beans also leads transversal projects on greenhouse gases, novel fertilizers, and integrated pest management to strengthen family farming.
13. Production Nº farmers
Insert upland rice in sustainable
agricultural systems
Develop the production chain of
subtropical irrigated rice through
partnerships
Develop technologies for the
sustainability of irrigated rice in
tropical areas
Rice Growing Areas
17. What is needed for a comeback?
More attention to
sustainability by
soybean growers
Rice exportation from
the Mercosul
Herbicide tolerance
and better drought
tolerance in upland
rice
18. Provide sufficient N supply
through biological fixation
Beans Growing Areas
Reduce production risks and
increase competitiveness of the bean
crop in first and second seasons
Develop technological solutions
for the sustainability of the bean
crop in third season (irrigated)
19. Develop agroecological production
systems involving rice and beans,
for strengthening family farming
Develop the production of special
types of grains of rice and beans
20. New Organization of the Technology
Transfer Team
TT for Small Farming TT for Entreprenerial Agriculture
Interaction with the
private sector, IP
management, seed
licensing.
Cultivar promotion,
capacity building
for sustainable crop
management
Collaboration with
Extension Agencies
and Government
Programs.
24. Transgenic bean event
Complete Resistance to the Bean
Golden Mosaic Virus
Introgressed elite lines under test
NT T T
MPMI, 20:717-726
Nature Biotech, 27:1086-1089
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29. Embrapa Rice and Beans –
National Product Center
Embrapa Arroz e Feijão – Hub
EMBRAPA RICE AND BEANS
AS A HUB
30.
31. Major Hub Contributions
(Teams from other Embrapa Units)
National Level
Embrapa’s cotton breeding program
Regional Level
Soybean breeding site for Central Brazil
State Level
Maize testing site
Milk technology transfer team
Performance Test of Young Bulls from different Nelore breeding
programs
32. Transversal Contributions of the
Embrapa Rice and Beans Team
Germplasm collection of plant pathogens
Coordination of Embrapa’s Network on Greenhouse Gases Emissions
from field crops (Fluxus Project)
Evaluation of agronomic efficiency of novel fertilizers for field crops
(FertBrasil Project)
Research and Technology Transfer for management of the white fly
(Bemisia sp)
Development and technology transfer for promotion of Crop-Livestock-
Forest Integration
Agroecology network for strengthening of family farming in the Center-
West Region
Development of the Experimental Data Information System (SIExp Project)
Stewardship of GMO within Embrapa
33. Thank You for Your
Attention!
Flavio Breseghello
Director General
Embrapa Rice and Beans
cnpaf.chgeral@embrapa.br
www.embrapa.br