EMBRAPA Holds Public Audience to Discuss Research Priorities
October 19, 2007| |
The Brazilian Corporation for Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA) held this week a public audience to discuss the main achievements of 2007, and to define research priorities for the coming years. The main areas of focus of EMBRAPA are genetic resources, biotechnology, biological control and biosafety.
According to Sérgio Folle, head of Business and Communication, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, a public audience is a very effective way to report to society, and to work together in the definition of new tendencies, projects, and collaborative initiatives. Among EMBRAPA’s main research breakthroughs in 2007 is the sequencing of Mycosphaerella fijiensis, the fungus responsible for Black Sigatoka, one of the most severe diseases affecting bananas.
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