THE ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES IN INCREASE OF EFFICIENCY OF AGRICULTURE OF BRAZIL

Issue № 4, 2016, article № 12, pages 86-93

Section: Foreign news

Language: Russian

Original language title: РОЛЬ НАУЧНЫХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ В ПОВЫШЕНИИ ПРОДУКТИВНОСТИ СЕЛЬСКОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА БРАЗИЛИИ

Keywords: BRAZIL, AGRICULTURE, RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION EMBRAPA, FUNDING, DEVELOPMENT OF SAVANNAS, EXPANSION OF AGRICULTURE, CROPS, IMPROVED VARIETIES

Abstract: Jump in development which has happened in agriculture of Brazil in 1980-1990 turned the country from the importer into the exporter of agricultural production, in many respects is connected with scientific researches and a transfer, transfer of knowledge to agricultural producers. The aim of activities of agricultural research institutions in Brazil, which led by the scientific corporation Embrapa, is to solve practical problems that farmers face regarding the yield of their crops. All developments of the Corporation are serving this goal - innovative products such as hybrids, improved varieties, new pesticides, advanced agricultural technologies and agricultural management. Scientific organizations receive generous funding from the state budget. Among the main achievements of the Corporation is its contribution as a scientific organization to the expansion of agriculture through the development of savannas / cerrado and to successful biotechnological research on the creation of new highly productive soybean varieties - Brazil's primary crop - and other crops. The tremendous progress in Brazil's agriculture in recent years is being largely attributed to the introduction of those improved crop varieties. The scientific corporation sets the purpose of a strategic sustainable development of all agro sector: investments come back to society, promoting increase in output and its competitiveness, export growth and alignment of a level of development of various regions of the country. In sum, large investments in research were paid off by the increase in the volume of production, by export growth and increased competitiveness of Brazilian agricultural products in world food markets.

Authors: Pokrovskaia Svetlana Frantsevna