Bioinputs and technologies
Attentive to the fields, industry, and society demands, Embrapa has developed several types of research that are related to biological inputs. These studies are strategically guided by the Bioinputs Portfolio, which includes the themes: biological pest control, plant growth promotion, and phytochemicals. The generated assets are the basis for the development of bioinputs and technologies.
Biological inputs are agroindustrial products or processes developed from enzymes, extracts (from plants or microorganisms), microorganisms, macroorganisms (invertebrates), secondary metabolites, and pheromones, which are intended for biological control. These inputs are also assets focused on nutrition, plant growth promoters, biotics and abiotic stress relievers, and substitutes for antibiotics.
Opinion polls conducted to help identify the portfolio challenges showed that approximately 95% of farmers believe that the biological input market has been growing in the last years, which is also noted by the launch of new field products The acceptance and demand for these inputs, as well as the growth of the industry, place challenges to research. To meet the growing demand, Embrapa has created this portfolio.
In line with its 2020-2030 Master Plan and with the Sustainable Development Goals established in the UN 2030 Agenda, Embrapa defined a strategy to organize its research, development, and innovation projects to meet the priority challenges related to bioinputs in agriculture:
- Increasing the participation of biological inputs in pest control, growth promotion, nutrient supply, antibiotic replacement, and agroindustrial application in conventional and ecologically based production systems
- Expanding the conservative biological control of pests, diseases, and phytonematoids in grain, vegetable, fruit and organic agriculture production systems
- Replacing synthetic inputs with biological assets to control production limitations of the main agricultural commodities (soybean, corn, wheat, cotton, sugar, citrus, coffee, cellulose and swine , chicken, and bovine meat).
- Replacing or decreasing the use of fertilizers of non-renewable origin with bio-based inputs in bean, cowpea, soybean, corn, cotton, pasture, and sugar cane crops.
The Portfolio Management Committee works to define innovation challenges and oversee the portfolio of projects.
Chairperson:
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Fabio Bueno dos Reis Junior
- Embrapa Cerrados
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Marco Antonio Nogueira
- Embrapa Soybean
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