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In August of 1995, six researchers from the United States were invited to observe conservation farming systems in the mountains and rolling hills of Rio Grande do Sul, in the southernmost state in Brazil, and to its north in the state of Paraná. Southern Brazil has gained a reputation for its successes in conservation agriculture. The goal of the trip was to exchange information with agricultural research scientists and to get a first-hand look at the application of the research and technology on the farms. The group spent two weeks on visits to two federal research centers, a private research lab, and several farms and co-ops. They also attended the First International Seminar on the Direct Planting System in the town of Passo Fundo in Rio Grande do Sul.
The trip was hosted by EMBRAPA (Empresa Brasileria de Pesquisa Agropecuária), the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation linked to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Supply, and Land Reform. EMBRAPA is a federal research service akin to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The journal Plantio Direto also hosted the visit. Plantio Direto is published by Aldeia Norte Editora.
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Warren J. Busscher, soil scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Coastal Plain Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center, Florence, SC; D. Wayne Reeves, agronomist, USDA-ARS, National Soil Dynamics Research Lab, Auburn, AL; Rainoldo A. Kochhann, manejo e conservação de solos (management and conservation of soils), EMBRAPA, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Trigo, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul; Philip J. Bauer, agronomist, USDA-ARS, Coastal Plain Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center, Florence, SC; Gregory L. Mullins, professor of soil chemistry, Agronomy and Soils Department, Auburn University, Auburn, AL; William M. Clapham, plant physiologist, USDA-ARS, New England Plant, Soil and Water Lab, Orono, ME; W. Doral Kemper, soil management national program leader, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD; and Paulo R. Galerani, chefe adjunto técnico (technical director), EMBRAPA, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja, Londrina, Paraná.
- Copyright 1996 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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