Competências

On this page there are links that detail Embrapa's aims - as defined by Law 5851/1972, goals - as defined by Decree 7766/2012, mission and operations.

Finalidades e objetivos

The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation - EMBRAPA, instituted by Law 5,851, on December 7, 1972, is a public corporation, under the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply.

According to decisions made by the Board of Directors on its 9th General Extraordinary Assembly, held on december 4, 2019, Embrapa’s Bylaw defines the corporation's aims as follows:

I - promote, stimulate, coordinate and perform research & development and innovation activities, with the aim of producing knowledge and technology for the country's agricultural development;

II - promote and execute knowledge and technology transfer activities related to the research & development and innovation actions, performed by the Corporation, as stated above;

III - provide administrative and technical support to other Executive agencies with the attributions of elaborating, guiding and coordinating Brazilian public policy on agriculture and science and technology policies related to the agricultural sector; and

IV - stimulate and promote the operational decentralization of research & development and innovation activities at regional, state, district and city levels through technical-scientific cooperation with organizations with similar purposes.

§1ºThe  Research & Development and Innovation activities stated herein prioritarily comprise the areas of knowledge related to agrarian and biological sciences, agroindustry, and correlated fields, aiming at the development of the agricultural sector.

§2º The knowledge and tecnology transfer activities defined herein do not include educational or technical assistance and rural extension activities.

 

(As stated by Diário Oficial da União, nº 12, on Jan 17, 2020. Section 1, p.5)

Mission, Vision and Values

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Operations

Embrapa operates through Research and Service Units and Administrative Units, which are present in nearly all Brazilian states and in different biomes.

In order to help build up Brazil's leadership in tropical agriculture, the corporation has especially invested in staff training.

It coordinates the National Agricultural Research System - SNPA, which comprises federal and state public institutions, universities, private companies and foundations that cooperate to conduct research in different geographical areas and fields of scientific knowledge.

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