Technological Innovation for

Plant Protection and Animal

Health

The Project

• Professor Evaldo Ferreira Vilela – Coordinator– Universidade Federal de Viçosa

• Major Goal: Approximation of actors Improvement in Brazilian Plant Protection and Animal Health Services

Regulatory Organisms

Universities

Research InstitutesPrivate Sector

Major Partners

• Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA)

• Instituto Mineiro de Agropecuária (IMA)• Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa (CNPq)• Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária

(Embrapa)

Activities

• Stimulation of graduate courses (Master degree) on Plant Protection and Animal Health

• Survey of demands of regulatory organisms• Survey of technological demands of the private

sector• Survey of expertises and technologies • Workshops merging regulatory + private sector +

scientists

• ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THESE ACTIVITIES DEPENDS ON THE CLOSE INTERACTION WITH MAPA AND CNPq

Convocatory 064/2008

• Objective: To fund scientific, technological and management activities towards the improvement of Animal Health, Plant Sanity, Quality and Safety of Plant and Animal Products, Quality and Safety of Supplies for Animal and Plant Production

• Categories considered by this convocatory1. Set up of research groups2. Research & Development & Innovation Projects3. Training of Human Resources, including graduate

coourses4. Set up of support laboratories

• Funds: MAPA – R$ 120,000,000 • Implementation: CNPq• Analysis: Technological Innovation for Plant

Protection and Animal Health

Convocatory 064/2008

• 738 researchers attended • 26 of 27 states submitted at least one project• 365 projects were recommended

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For Further Information on

this Project

• http://inovadefesa.blogspot.com• Evaldo Ferreira Vilela (Coordinator)

evaldovilela@gmail.com• Regina Lucia Sugayama (Consultant)

regina.sugayama@agropec.agr.br