A Embrapa e a sua importância para o agronegócio do Brasil

Abstract

In the last five decades, Brazil has transitioned from being a food importer to the main exporter of agri-food products on the planet. This is due to the courage of farmers to cultivate the land and the emergence of Embrapa, an arm of the State. At the time of Embrapa's creation, little was known about soil science and the like. The country faced food shortages and the semi-arid region of the Northeast faced great difficulty in producing food. Brazil was going through a process of industrialization and urbanization and with that it was necessary to create a company that was capable of generating research and technology so that the country would not depend on food imports and produce food for domestic consumption. In view of this, the present work seeks to understand the organization and functioning of Embrapa.