EMBRAPA

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)

General presentation

The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) was founded on April 26, 1973, and is under the aegis of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply.

Since our foundation, and with our partners from the National Agricultural Research System, we have taken on the challenge  to develop a genuinely Brazilian model of tropical agriculture and livestock to overcome the barriers that limited the production of food, fiber, and fuel in our country.

This effort has helped to change Brazil. Nowadays, our agriculture is one of the most efficient and sustainable ones in the planet. We have incorporated a wide area of formerly degraded Cerrado lands into our production systems; a region that now accounts for nearly 50% of our grain production. We have quadrupled the beef and pork supply and increased the chicken supply 22-fold. These are some of the achievements that took the country from the condition of basic food importer to one of the world’s largest food producers and exporters.

EMBRAPA has developped a sustainable cooperation with Lisboa University and has a permanent representation at Montpellier Agropolis.

Involvement in the Vinifera programme

  • Organise exchange of students and academics with consortium EMaVE in M1 and M2 at Lisboa;
  • Provide, select and/or recommend candidates;
  • Contribute with possible thesis topics and subjects and/or assist in research and/or field work;
  • Contribute to students’ employability by offering complementary skills, courses and/or internship/placement possibilities…)