Titlebook: Development for Sustainable Agriculture; The Brazilian Cerrad Akio Hosono (Senior Research Adviser),Carlos Magno Book 2016 The Editor(s) (i

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Introduction: Development of Cerrado Agriculture and on the Atlantic coast of the country. Brazil was a net importer of grain, until 1980s when the country achieved a major breakthrough to become a net exporter of grain after converting barren land into some of the most productive agricultural fields in the world. Starting in the mid-1970s, the t

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Technological Innovations That Made Cerrado Agriculture Possibleies suited to tropical zones developed. These constituted the core technological innovations needed to develop Cerrado agriculture from practically nothing. Second, new technologies and practices needed to be effectively transferred to a large number of medium-sized farms, as family farmers were the

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Establishment and Early Development: PRODECER Sets Agricultural Development in the Cerrado on Trackon) period, the major breakthrough of which was the Alto Paranaíba Guided Settlement Agricultural Program (in Portuguese, Programa de Assentamento Dirigido de Alto Paranaíba, PADAP). PADAP was promoted by the state of Minas Gerais (MG) in cooperation with the Cotia Agriculture Cooperative (hereafter

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The Impact of Cerrado Development: Stable Food Supply and Socially Inclusive Development with Value od supply, especially in terms of soybeans and corn, as well as the improvement of global food security. At the same time, Cerrado agriculture enabled the development of food value chains both inside and outside the Cerrado region and increased employment opportunities throughout the area. Inclusive

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Cerrado Agriculture and the Environmentand livestock in the tropical savannah biome. The first section presents an overview of biodiversity and environmental conservation efforts based in the Cerrado, especially in the 20 years following the Rio Summit in 1992 (‘Rio 92,’ United Nations Conference on Environment and Development). Environm

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EMBRAPA: Institutional Building and Technological Innovations Required for Cerrado Agriculture. In this regard, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) was the key entity in the establishment of a strong innovation system for Cerrado agriculture. Therefore, this chapter first discusses the main principles that guided EMBRAPA and constituted the core of the ‘EMBRAPA model’ (

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CPAC: A Model for an R&D System for Tropical Agriculturesearch and development, and the EMBRAPA Cooperation System for the development of the Brazilian Cerrado. It addresses both changing demands and challenges for the Cerrado and those for the tropical savannahs of other countries. The discussion relates to the first two decades of activities by the CPA

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Environment-Friendly Land Use of the Cerradoocated in the Cerrado: Paraná, Araguaia/Tocantins, and S?o Francisco. There are over 12,300 different plant species. Many of them have yet to be evaluated scientifically and economically and may have high potential for medicine and cosmetics. This chapter aims to appraise how environment-friendly la

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PRODECER: An Innovative International Cooperation Program the two countries in the field of agriculture goes back about a century, right after the time when the first group of Japanese immigrants came to Brazil for farming. They brought with them what turned out to be two great contributions to Brazilian agriculture.