Embrapa Temperate Agriculture

Embrapa Temperate Agriculture is an eco-regional research center covering the temperate region of southern Brazil. It works in investigating new sustainable uses for agrobiodiversity, land ordering for agricultural activities expansion, rehabilitation of degraded areas, bioenergy production and new inputs for agriculture, food security, aggregation of value to products and development of new technology formats. Among the 340 employees, 78 are researchers who conduct their activities in three bases. The headquarters are located at BR 392 highway, km 78, featuring modern research facilities. At Km 88 of the same highway, there is Cascata Experimental Station, where research activities are focused on family farms and agroecology. In Capão do Leão municipality, the Lowlands Experimental Station represents the lowland agroecosystem where researches on grain crops and livestock production are carried out.

Areas of interest

• Natural resources
• Family farming
• Production systems
• Agroecology

Services available

• Seed and soil analysis
• Virus and bacteria diagnosis
• Disease identification
• Milk quality
• Real time meteorological data
• Digital image processing

Processes/products available

• Basic seeds and propagative plant material
• Zoning
• Specialized publications
• Technical videos
• Modeling with Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Main research topics

• Management, production and development of grain, fruit and vegetable cultivars
• Production system development for dairy cattle, beef cattle and buffaloes
• Characterization, zoning and environmental planning
• Assessment of environmental impacts caused by production systems
• Recovery and conservation of degraded areas
• Development of production system benchmarks for family-based agriculture