Research models for on farm innovation and success
ONDINO BATAGLIA
Nuffield International Contemporary Scholar Conference (CSC)
Agrisus was founded in 2001 by Dr.
Fernando Penteado Cardoso and
his family when their fertilizer
company was sold. A significant
resource was allocated to the
foundation.
The family was first responsible for
the administration.
Luiz de Queiroz Agricultural Study
Foundation, (FEALQ), in Piracicaba
(SP) is nowadays responsible for
the operation of Agrisus, with
support of a private company –
Conplant Consulting.
As an autonomous entity with a solid
reputation, the goal was to attract people
from academia, research and farming
concerned about soil fertility as a basic
aspect of sustainable agriculture.
Education is the main strategy to gather
people around the mission
Education is the main strategy to gather people around the mission
Financial supports:
Individual educationScholarships for undergraduate and graduated studentsIndividual training and trips
Collective educationTechnical eventsField daysBooks and libraries
Research for educationAgronomic researchState of art research
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total submetidos 20 36 51 76 98 125 120 113 119 140 181 185 162 281 280
Total aprovados 1 9 6 10 55 50 58 54 65 80 103 79 60 80 88
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Projects submited and aproved
Total submetidos Total aprovados
Some examples of projects
Main Scientific and technical meetings supported
Brazilian Soil Science Meeting - SBCS
Fertbio - Meeting on Soil Fertility and Soil Biology - SBCS
Soil and Water Conservation Meeting - SBCS
National Meeting on No till Cultivation - FEBRAPDP
Crop-livestock field day – OURO VERDE FARM – Itaberá - GO
Region 1: winter cold and humid-planting ofwheat and oats in winter (RS, SC and PR).
Region 2: mild and humid winter withunpredictable variation in temperature andhumidity. Wheat, oats, corn and sorghumcrops (parts of theMS, PR and SP).
Region 3: hot and humid winter. Maize andsorghum as crops (MT and parts of SP, MS,MG and GO).
Region 4: warm and dry winter-winter Cropshampered by shortage of rainfall (and partsof BA, MA, PI and GO).
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Fonte: CARDOSO, F. P. Direto no Cerrado, Ano 10, n° 44, p. 4, 2005.
State of the art of zero tillage in Brazil
Field observations
Geo referencing of sample
Percentage crop residue cover
Region 1 is the region with best cover
identification of residues present
Residues are different depending on the region
topography of the ground
Regions 3 and 4 are big farms flat ground
Observation for signs of erosion
observation of compression signals
Soil survey on soil P status on 1171 sites cultivated with soybean and corn in all regions of Brazil in 1999.
Gerneral observation - most of the cultivated areas are not anymore poor soil for P
experiments and observations taken forward in the JAE located in Saint Ignatius – PR, from 2006, the most integrated with dairy farming, found the 2,000 liters of milk production per ha with cows treated exclusively on pasture.
For meat more than 350 kg/ha of live weight gain.
In both cases, milk and meat, the results were obtained in 100 days, until September, followed by a recovery period of grass to produce about 4,000 kg/ha of dry matter capable of forming a good coverage in subsequent no-till soybeans
soybean pasture Residue production
Integrated crop livestock project
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