About the theme
Considered to be a major national agricultural frontier today, Matopiba is a region that comprises the Cerrado biome in the states of Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí, and Bahia, and accounts for a large part of the Brazilian production of grains and fiber.
The area, which until recently was not considered to have a strong tradition in agriculture, has drawn attention to its ever-increasing productivity. In the last four years, the state of Tocantins alone expanded its planted area at the rate of 25% per year, according to data by the National Food Supply Company (Conab). [+] Read more
Questions and answers
Do you know what the term Matopiba means? Click below and learn more about the richness, challenges, and research in the region that is considered the last Brazilian agricultural frontier. [+] Read more
Strategic Territorial Development for Matopiba
Click here to see studies elaborated by Embrapa's Strategic Territorial Intelligence Group (Grupo de Inteligência Territorial Estratégica da Embrapa - GITE), one of which presents the proposal for a territorial outline and a strategic territorial intelligence system for Matopiba.
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Publications
A região que corresponde aos espaços territoriais com áreas do bioma Cerrado dos estados do Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí e Bahia, denominada ?Matopiba?,...
O Sistema Aquífero Urucuia (SAU) é um reservatório subterrâneo de água doce que contribui significativamente para a manutenção das vazões do Rio São F...
No Cerrado brasileiro, o algodoeiro é cultivado em uma grande diversidade de condições edafoclimáticas com diferentes pressões de fatores bióticos, pr...
Projects
The project “Technology transfer to consolidate low carbon emission agriculture in Tocantins” was carried out to consolidate an agriculture based in l ...
The project aims to estimate carbon balance in different grain production system scenarios in the major Brazilian biomes, ranking those that reduce th ...
The goal is to assess the economic and ecological effectiveness of different models of forest restoration of degraded areas through the induction of s ...
Videos
![]() | 26/12/2014 Integração Lavoura-Pecuária-Floresta Duration: 22:42" ¦ 351 Views | |
![]() | 12/06/2014 Integração lavoura-pecuária-floresta otimiza a produção na propriedade - Dia de Campo na TV Duration: 43:44" ¦ 4482 Views |
Embrapa units involved
- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology
- Embrapa Forestry
- Embrapa Rice and Beans
- Embrapa Cotton
- Embrapa Soybeans
- Embrapa Vegetable
- Embrapa Semiarid
- Embrapa Mid-North
- Embrapa Cerrados
- Embrapa Maize and Sorghum
- Embrapa Temperate Agriculture
- Embrapa Beef Cattle
- Embrapa Western Agriculture
- Embrapa Cocais
- Embrapa Agrobiology
- Embrapa Cassava and Tropical Fruits
- Embrapa Eastern Amazon
- Embrapa Western Amazon
- Embrapa Coastal Tablelands
- Embrapa Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Embrapa Territorial