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July 2021
Agrosilvopastoral systems
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16096
Embrapa/FARIA/Gabriel Rezende
Motivation: Sustainable production strategy that integrates agriculture, livestock and forestry within the same area, to obtain results which are synergic, environmentally adequate and economically viable. In Brazil, this strategy is fostered by a public policy—National Policy for Integrated crop-livestock-forestry—and part of Embrapa’s official RD&I portfolio.
Functional foods
October 2022
Functional foods containing significant levels of biologically active components which provide desirable health benefits beyond basic nutrition. These are especially...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2f007684
Colluvium
September 2022
Soil erosion is a global phenomenon that is exacerbated by intensive agriculture and reinforce the small-scale soil heterogeneity. While reduced...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_ce89717c
Seedling emergence
July 2022
Seedling emergence is one of the most important phenological event that influences the success of an annual plant. Emergence represents...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2547
Hydroacoustics
June 2022
Hydroacoustic techniques are currently the most efficient tool to study the aquatic environments remotely, giving a continuous high spatial resolution...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_820db5f7
Artisanal fisheries
May 2022
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022). FAO is...
AGROVOC URI: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_644
