Brasília – The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) released its 2012 action plan today (14th). It provides for the establishment of a strategic intelligence centre for Brazilian agriculture and a Secretariat for Business to diffuse knowledge and strategies, and to expand the corporation’s capacity in public and private deals.
This year, Embrapa’s plan will focus on strengthening management, research, development, innovation and technology transfer, among other actions. In technology transfer, Embrapa will launch its Knowledge Exchange and Technology Transfer Program, aimed at productive inclusion and coupled with the Poverty-Free Brazil Program (Programa Brasil sem Miséria). Also, local and regional partnerships will be strengthened.
During the launch of the plan, the Brazilian minister of Agriculture, Mendes Ribeiro Filho, stated that the country owes much of its growth and its current status to Embrapa. “Embrapa will be increasingly important for Brazil to become the world’s leading food producing country. For us to be able to be prouder and prouder of the Brazilian people’s rising income, poverty reduction and improving quality of living.”
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
