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Embrapa SoilsInternational Portfolio
T rop i ca l So i l Knowledge as a Bas i s to Sus ta inab i l i t y
Brazilian Agricultural Research CorporationEmbrapa Soils
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply
Embrapa SoilsInternational Portfolio
T rop i ca l So i l Knowledge as a Bas i s to Sus ta inab i l i t y
Rio de Janeiro, RJ2010
Copies of this publication may be obtained at no charge by writing to: [email protected]
Embrapa SolosRua Jardim Botânico, 1024 Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brasil - CEP 22460-000Phone: +55 21 21794500 Fax: +55 21 [email protected]
Supervision: Heitor L. C. Coutinho, Denise W. Paiva, Daniel V. D. Perez and Maria de Lourdes Mendonça S. Brefin
Text: Heitor L. C. Coutinho, Humberto G. Santos, Maria Regina C. Laforet. Maria de Lourdes M. S. Brefin, Sílvio R. L. Tavares, Fernando C. S. Amaral, Caio T. Inácio, Etelvino H. Novotny, José C. Araújo Filho, Marcelo F. C. Saldanha, Margareth S. P. Meirelles, Ricardo O. Dart, Rachel B. Prado, Ricardo T. dos G. Peixoto, José C. Polidoro, José Ronaldo de Macedo, Vinícius M. Benites, Waldir de Carvalho Junior, Ana P. D. Turetta, Elaine C. C. Fidalgo, Fabiano C. Balieiro, Guilherme K. Donagemma, Cláudia R. Delaia and Ricardo A. Lima.
Proofing: Heitor L. C. Coutinho
Editor: Heitor L. C. Coutinho
Editorial Supervision: Eduardo G. Godoy and Jacqueline S. R. Mattos
Cataloguing:Ricardo A. Lima
st1 editionst1 print (2010): 1.000 copies
Embrapa Soils – Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
© Embrapa 2010
Embrapa Solos.
Embrapa Soils international portfolio: tropical soil knowledge as a basis to sustainability /
Embrapa Soils. -- Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Embrapa Soils, 2010. 50 p.: il. color.
ISBN 978-85-85864-33-0
1. Embrapa Soils. 2. Tropical soils research. 3. Development and sustainability. I. Title.
CDD (21.ed.) 630.72
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Tab le o f Contents
Table of Contents 5
Foreword 7
GENERAL INFORMATION 11
LABORATORIES AND EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS 15
MAIN TECHNOLOGIES 19
3.1. Innovative Fertilizer Technologies 19
3.2. Decision Support Systems 20
3.3. Production Systems 21
3.4. Technical Services 21
3.5. Research Support Technologies 22
CURRENT DEMANDS FOR COLLABORATION 25
4.1. Partnerships 25
4.2. Capacity Building 26
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROJECTS 31
AREAS OF EXPERTISE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 37
PUBLICATIONS 41
7.1 Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles (2007-2009) 42
7.2 Selected Books (2007-2009) 44
Contacts 49
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CAPÍTULO 6
CHAPTER 7
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Fo reword
“To provide feasible scientific solutions, technological
development and innovation related to soils and their
environment, in support of tropical agriculture sustainability.”
This is the Mission of the National Center of Soil Research
(Embrapa Soils). In order to reach it, we rely on the technical
competence of our researchers and staff, in addition to
partnerships and associations with organizations from different
sectors involved in agricultural land use and soil and water
management.
Internationally, we have cooperation agreements with European
and transnational entities (example: Universities of Cologne, Jena,
and Leipzig; Germany) the IPI (International Potash Institute), and
the GlobalSoilMap.net Consortium, composed of 11 institutions
from 10 countries.
Embrapa Soils has taken part in consultations initiated by LABEX
(Embrapa´s Foreign Virtual Laboratory) offices in the USA and
Europe, and is ready to apply its expertise to the new LABEX
Research Centers in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
In order to accomplish its Mission, Embrapa Soils prioritizes the
generation of data, knowledge and information about Brazilian
soils within their environment. The current trends have shown
some expectation regarding the intensification and expansion of
land use changes concerning the production of food and
renewable energies, which demand more knowledge generation
about soil and the development of technologies for land use
planning and sustainability assessment. Embrapa Soils has a
qualified technical team and advanced equipment, and is able to
take part in several collaboration activities and international
exchange in the fields of pedology (including soil survey,
classification and mapping, and land suitability evaluation), zoning
(agricultural, agro-ecologic, pedo-climatic, ecologic-economical),
fertilizer technology and application, land use changes and their
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impacts, integrated sustainability assessment, and technology
transfer.
The current portfolio of Embrapa Soils not only demonstrates its
capacity to set up partnerships and develop national and
international technical-scientific cooperation and research
networks, but also confirms this Unit as a global reference center
for tropical soil science.
The aim of this protocol is to inform our potential partners about
the international cooperation capacity represented by our
researcher profiles, projects and research lines.
Maria de Lourdes Mendonça Santos Brefin
General Head of Embrapa Soils
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Embrapa Soils was founded in 1993 based on the technical experience and human and patrimonial resources of SNLCS (Serviço Nacional de Levantamento e Conservação de Solos). It was created due to the urgent need of a national reference institution in soil science, with the prerogative to accomplish basic and applied research in order to understand the nature of Brazilian Soils, their limitations and potentialities as a way to generate information to guide, not only agricultural land use, farming management and land use planning, but also more suitable and sustainable practices.
Localization - As a thematic research center, Embrapa Soils operates all over the national territory. Its headquarter is in Rio de Janeiro, in a neighbourhood known as Jardim Botânico. It hosts several laboratories, as well as the research teams and the head office. Our Northeast Research Unit (UEP Nordeste - Unidade de execução de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento do Nordeste) which fulfills regional research demands, soil survey, zoning and municipality planning, is located in Recife, the capital of Pernambuco State.
Mission - To provide feasible research solutions, development and innovation for soils as well as their interaction with the environment to achieve tropical agriculture sustainability.
Foresight - Become the leader in knowledge generation, technology and innovation creation in tropical soils.
Team - Human resources at Embrapa Soils include 57 researchers, 45 support research technicians and 26 support management staff.
CHAPTER 1
Genera l In fo rmat ion
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Embrapa Soils has a diversified and modern set of laboratory and field equipment to analyze soil, water, plants, waste, contaminants, etc. Their main goal is to support the research projects, as well as the provisions of services.
Among the main analysis carried out within our 15 laboratories, we highlight the following:
?Soil survey;
?Soil fertility evaluation in order to recommend fertilization and soil ammendments;
?Soil physical analyses, including particle size distribution, bulk and particle density, porosity, hydraulic conductivity, water saturation percentage, aggregate size distribution and soil water retention characteristics;
?Soil mineralogy: X-ray diffratometry for soil clay fraction, sand mineralogy characterization and soil micromorphology;
?Organic fertilizer characterization: nutrient composition in the formulation, CEC, Carbon and organic matter content, water retention capacity, C/N relationship and nutrient availability;
?Plant nutrition efficiency and contamination: nutrient composition in vegetal tissue and other plant parts and potential organic and inorganic contaminant content in plants;
? Soil and water ionic chromatography;
?Soil amendments, organic compounds and waste characterization.
The average annual capacity of Embrapa Soils´ laboratories is around 70,000 analyzes per year. This number can expand to 100,000 analyzes per year.
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Labora to r ies and Exper imenta l F ie lds
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3.1. Innovative Fertilizer Technologies
Embrapa Soils initiated its activities in the field of new tropical agricultural inputs in 2003. Since then, the following technologies have been the subject of research and development by Embrapa Soils:
1. Zeolitic Fertilizers
This technology consists of improving zeolitic minerals, enriched with macronutrients (N, P and K), to be used as a slow-release nutrient source for agriculture (Contact name: José Carlos Polidoro)
2. Magnesian Fertilizers
A magnesian fertilizer in the form of magnesium oxide and magnesium sulphate has been developed in association with Magnesita S.A. and is going through a patent analysis process. (Contact name: José Carlos Polidoro)
3. Slow-release Potassic Fertilizer
Slow-release fertilizer produced from biodiesel production waste (castor bean pie and glycerol). (Contact name: Etelvino Novotny)
4. Organic fertilizers produced by composting
Development of a composting methodology which mixes organic waste, charcoal and rock phosphate, generating a product that can be used either as an organic fertilizer or plant growth media, with its agronomic quality certified through scientific research. (Contact names: Caio de Teves Inácio and Vinícius de Melo Benites)
5. Organomineral granulated fertilizer made of swine wastes
An organo-mineral granulated fertilizer was developed by enriching compost with minerals and swine wastes. (Contact name: Vinicius M. Benites)
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Main Techno log ies
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6. Carbonized organic waste (biochar)
The development of a soil conditioner with a high capacity of water and nutrient retention (CEC) which, due to its composition and recalcitrancy, may sequester carbon into the soil. (Contact name: Etelvino Novotny)
1. Brazilian System for the Classification of Land for Irrigation (SiBCTI)
SiBCTI consists of a software developed by Embrapa Soils in association with CODEVASF. The objective is to classify land for irrigation, as well as to support decision making tools to funding agencies of irrigation projects. (Contact name: Fernando C. Amaral)
2. Geotechnology for the automatic detection of land use changes
A set of computer programs has been developed in association with the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) and Institute National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA/France). This technology enables remote sensing processing of data derived from the Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS-NASA), and also facilitates classification and automatic monitoring of deforestation and regional land use changes. (Contact name: Margareth S. P. Meirelles)
3. Digital Geoportal: Embrapa Digital Map Library
The GeoPortal is a metadata manager application software developed for maps and spatial information, allowing data download and upload, as well as online map visualization. (Contact names: Margareth S. P. Meirelles and Waldir C. Junior)
4. Soil Information System
The Soil Information System was developed in association with Embrapa Agriculture Informatics in order to organize and make available all analytical and morphologic data concerning soil surveys. A geospatial module enables the loading and consultation of spatial data, soil fertility analysis data, and soil maps. (Contact names: Margareth S. P. Meirelles and Humberto G. Santos)
3.2. Decision Support Systems
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3.3. Production Systems
3.4. Technical Services
1. Ecologic Tomato Production System (TOMATEC)
Embrapa Soils has developed an ecological system for tomato production known as Tomatec. This system is based on six fundamental principles: Soil Conservation; Efficient Use of Water; Efficient Use of Fertilizers; Vertical Growing System; Integrated Pest Management; and Physical Fruit Protection. (Contact name: José Ronaldo de Macedo)
1. Mapping and Zoning
Embrapa Soils has developed and regulated several mapping methods and techniques along with environmental characterization and diagnosis that focus on soils, as well as interpretations targeting several goals, such as zoning methodologies (pedo-climatic and agroecological, among others) and soil mapping (traditional and digital). Those areas account for the main activities of Embrapa Soils technical services, offering planning solutions at local, Municipal, State and regional scales. (Contact name: Waldir de Carvalho Junior)
2. Recovery of Degraded Areas
Embrapa Soils has adapted and developed techniques to control erosive processes and to recover degraded areas. Such technologies are based on the association of low-cost mechanical and vegetative practices, being applied to the recovery of areas with several degradation levels, ranging from sheet erosion to gullies. (Contact name: Aluisio G. Andrade and Cláudio L. Capeche)
3. Remediation of Contaminated Areas
Embrapa Soils develops and improves a number of technologies aimed at remediating areas contaminated by organic and inorganic pollutants. Embrapa Soils can supply services of contaminated area diagnosis, elaboration of projects for environmental recovery and monitoring of degraded/contaminated areas, including in-field reporting. (Contact name: Sílvio Tavares).
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4. Program of Quality Assessment of Soil Fertility Analysis Laboratories (PAQLF)
Embrapa Soils coordinates the PAQLF, which currently involves more than 100 soil fertility laboratories of 25 Brazilian States. Embrapa Soils offers opportunities for training in laboratory facilities, as well as the planning and supervision of soil analysis laboratory implementation projects in Brazil and abroad. (Contact name: Marcelo Saldanha).
5. Monitoring, Planning and Environmental Recovery of Impacted Areas
Embrapa Soils provides services in the areas of monitoring, planning and recovery of impacted landscapes due to anthropic actions. The activities include: planning of reforestation activities, integrated monitoring of revegetation effects in the environment; implementation of a technology showcase featuring potential regional projects, and analyze the effects of land use changes in the region of interest. (Contact name: Rachel Bardy Prado and Elaine C. C. Fidalgo).
1. Bioreactor AMCT
A bench bioreactor model, addressed to research on the composting processes of organic wastes. (Contact name: Caio de Teves Inácio)
2. Tropical Fertilizers Technologies
Embrapa Soils leads a number of research projects, and human resources development in the areas of mineral, organic and organo-mineral fertilizer development, and technologies for their use in tropical agricultural production systems. We developed the first laboratory responsible for technical and agronomical development and evaluation of new fertilizers in Brazil. (Contact name: José Carlos Polidoro)
3.5. Research Support Technologies
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4.1. Partnerships
Embrapa Soils develops research projects with strong technological potential, such as the ones aiming at the development of new fertilizer technologies, innovative techniques of soil carbon sequestration, physical, chemical, molecular and mineralogical characterization of tropical soils, and integration of methods for land use dynamics and sustainability assessments. The scientific research and technological innovation thematic areas that demands an intensification of scientific cooperation are:
1. Biochar – Production, functionalization and use
Biochar is a potentially powerful tool against global warming. This ancient practice converts farm and agro-industrial waste into a soil conditioner which enables carbon sequestration, promotes food safety and discourages deforestation. It is one of the low cost technologies that can be broadly applied at any scale. (Contact name: Etelvino Novotny)
2. Nutritional quality optimization of organo-mineral fertilizers
Embrapa has developed processes to turn organic waste into granulated organo-mineral fertilizers. Additional studies are required to understand the nutrient dynamics in these type of fertilizers and also to introduce new production processes for the acquisition of more efficient materials. (Contact name: Vinícius Benites)
3. Quantitative micromorphology of Brazilian soils
By means of Computed Tomography (CT) and the use of appropriate software, it is possible to analyze and reconstruct a 3D soil macroporosity image. This particular research area still needs to be fully explored in
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Cur ren t Demands fo r Co l l abora t ion
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a Brazilian soil context, which demands international partnerships for expertise exchange. (Contact name: José Coelho de Araújo Filho)
4. Sustainability assessment of agricultural land uses
The development of scientific approaches for integrated analysis and simulations of social-environmental sustainability impacts of land use changes to support decision making and policy making is a great challenge for society nowadays. Embrapa Soils relies on a group of researchers with a strong potential for international collaboration in this research area. (Contact name: Heitor L. C. Coutinho)
5. Soil Spectroscopy
Soil spectroscopy in the visible, near infra-red and medium infra-red (VIS-NIR, MIR) ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum, along with multivariate calibration, has created new opportunities for soil analysis. Several of Embrapa Soils projects can benefit from international collaboration for the development and adaptation of soil spectroscopic analysis. (Contact name: Ricardo Dart)
6. Digital soil mapping
Digital Soil Mapping is a new approach, developed by a group led by Dr. Alex McBratney (Sydney University, Australia). The digital mapping methodology allows inferences of spatial and temporal variations of soil classes and their properties, starting from observations, knowledge and environmental variables data. (Contact name: Ricardo Dart)
The development of research in advanced areas of knowledge, linked to technological innovation, has generated capacity building demands in the form of courses and short/medium-term training in analytical methodologies and interpretation of properties and characteristics of soils, natural and agricultural ecosystems, and rural landscapes, including its socio-cultural component. The major specific demands for capacity building of Embrapa Soils researchers are:
4.2. Capacity Building
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1. Computed tomography applied to soil science
Embrapa's technicians and scientists involved in analysis of soil physical characteristics need training in the areas of modeling and quantitative analysis of soil macroporosity. Qualification in the application and use of Computed Tomography (CT) for soil aggregation and macroporosity studies would mean a significant contribution to improve the research carried out by Embrapa Soils. (Contact name: José Coelho de Araújo Filho).
2. Short-term training in High-resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (HR-NMR)
Embrapa Soils is one of the multi users of a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance equipment (NMR), which enables elucidation of the molecular structure of an organic compound and the analysis of the structure and composition of soil organic matter, among other applications. The special training required for the operation and parameter adjustment of this equipment could be developed in labs abroad holding similar equipment. (Contact name: Etelvino Novotny)
3. Post-Doctoral Training
Embrapa Soils relies on 36 doctoral researchers capable of performing training in academic institutions as post-doctors. Listed below, some of the current demands of Embrapa Soils' researchers prepared to perform a post-doctoral level training:
a. Development of a methodology that can be applied to environmental services monitoring and to digital soil mapping applications, based on the carbon accumulation potential related with some key soil properties. (Contact person – Ricardo T. dos G. Peixoto)
b. Development of integrated quantitative and qualitative tools for sustainability impact assessment of land use changes, as a support to policy making and land management decisions. (Contact person – Heitor L. C. Coutinho)
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Embrapa Soils is involved in several international cooperation activities. Some of these are:
1. The GlobalSoilMap.net Consortium (Contact name: Maria de Lourdes Mendonça S. Brefin)
Embrapa Soils is the coordinator of the Latin American node of the GlobalSoilMap.net consortium. This endeavour aims at developing a global soil information system that provides open access to scientifically sound soil data, and designed to be fully compatible with emerging systems for Earth observation and forecasting, in a close liaison with the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). Furthermore, it aims at providing predictions of soil functional properties at a fine resolution for the entire terrestrial world.
2. Land Use Changes and their Impacts in the La Plata River Basin / Land Use change, biofuels and rural development in the La Plata Basin (Contact names: Heitor L. C. Coutinho and Margareth S. P. Meirelles)
These projects are financed by the Inter American Institute for Global Changes Research (IAI), Collaborative Research Network II (CRN II),and by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), from Canada. Embrapa Soils develops research activities in land use change and modeling, and on environmental impact monitoring (carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil biodiversity, and evapotranspiration). We focus on the assessment of land use conversion to sugar cane plantation and its associated impacts, in the Brazilian Cerrado.
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I n te rna t iona l Coopera t ion P ro jec t s
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3. Sustainability Impact Assessment: Tools to evaluate the economic, social and environmental effects of land use change (Sensor Project) (Contact names: Heitor L. C. Coutinho, Ana Paula Turetta and Margareth S. P. Meirelles)
The technical objective of the Sensor Project is to build, validate and implement Sustainability Impact Assessment Tools (SIAT) of public policies that promote land-use change processes. The Sensor Project, coordinated by ZALF, the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Münchberg, Germany, gathered 33 institutions from 15 European countries, and was part of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP-6) of the European Commission (EC-FP6). The Brazilian selected case study was the policy instrument “sugarcane agroecological zoning” and its sustainability impacts in the context of Mato Grosso do Sul State.
4. The Production of Sustainable Diesel-Miscible-Biofuels from the Residues and Wastes of Europe and Latin America (DIBANET Project) (Contact name: Etelvino Novotny)
This project is led by the University of Limerick (Ireland), and involves 12 other European and South American institutions. Financed by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP-7) of the European Commission, the project targets the sustained production of diesel miscible biofuels from organic residues. Our responsibility in this project will be the characterization of the Biochar produced and its agronomic assessment. (Experiments in pots and on the field).
5. The “Aduba Brasil” Project: Support to the Balanced Use of Potassium and Other Nutrients in the Brazilian Agriculture (Contact name: Vinícius Benites)
This project, supported by IPI (International Potash Institute), is coordinated by Embrapa Soils and involves four other institutions. Its goal is to generate and disseminate information on the most suitable procedures for balanced soil fertilization under grain
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and forage crops. It also aims to provide a spatial analysis of potassium and other nutrient demands and related physiographic factors (soils, topography, etc.) of each region.
6. Land and Natural Resource Use Related to Landscape Dynamics and Indicators to Support Agro-Environmental Planning of Atlantic Forest Areas in Rio de Janeiro State (Contact name: Ricardo Trippia dos G. Peixoto)
This bilateral cooperation project (Germany-Brazil) is financed by both BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany) and EMBRAPA. Three German Universities (Cologne, Leipzig and Jena) and three Embrapa Units (Soils - coordinator, Agrobiology and Agriculture Informatics), among other institutions, participate of this partnership. The project aims at analyzing the spatial-temporal landscape dynamics and selecting soil and water quality indicators to support land use planning and the characterization of environmental services in two regions in Rio de Janeiro State.
7. Advanced image processing technologies for the automatic monitoring of deforestation, soil degradation, and expansion of no-tillage agricultural systems through systematic classification of land use and land cover. (Enviair Project) (Contact name: Margareth Meirelles)
International cooperation financed by CNPq and INRIA- France, ENVIAIR targets the development of a remote sensing technology to underpin the automatic and systematic monitoring of land use and land cover changes, in order to enable the adoption of measures of environmental preservation and to direct sustainable development policies in the Cerrado areas of Brazil.
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Our technical team, research themes and developed technologies, enable us to participate in several international cooperation activities, whether by supplying consulting and technical services, technology transfer missions for capacity building, laboratory or field hands-on courses, or acting as effective members of research, technological development and innovation projects. Embrapa Soils' main areas of competence for international cooperation are:
1. Pedology: Soil Classification, Survey, Mapping, and Agricultural Land Use Suitability
Taking into consideration its history and accumulated knowledge, Embrapa Soils is the leading institution in pedological research and services in Brazil. We are prepared to engage in international cooperation projects in this area, considering the interfaces between sustainable development issues and the future scenarios of climate and land use changes. (Contact person – Humberto G. dos Santos)
2. Zoning (agricultural, agro-ecological, pedo-climatic, ecological-economic)
Throughout the years, Embrapa Soils has performed multi-purpose zoning for different end users. Today, due to the development of geo-information tools that enable the harmonic integration of a number of soil, topographic and climate geo-data, the generation of zoning products have been greatly facilitated, due to use of faster, lower cost and more precise techniques. (Contact person – Waldir de Carvalho Junior)
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Areas o f Exper t i se fo r In te rna t iona l Coopera t ion
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3. Soil Fertility
The development of innovative fertilizer technologies, integrating the benefits of organic waste and the optimization and responsiveness of nutrients available in the mineral form, creates greater efficiency and effectiveness in the field, and can significantly reduce losses by leaching and volatilization of essential elements for production, while mitigating environmental impacts. Embrapa Soils leads a national research network aimed at developing and validating new fertilizers for tropical soils, assembling the necessary expertise for joint projects in international collaboration in research development, technological innovation, and technology transfer. (Contact persons - Vinícius M. Benites and José Carlos Polidoro)
4. Integrated monitoring of soil and water quality, climate and land use assessment of watersheds
The evaluation of the environmental sustainability of agricultural production systems requires methods, parameters and appropriate models capable of integrating information obtained by means of indicators that reflect the status and dynamics of natural resources (soil, water, atmosphere and biodiversity), enabling the adoption of watershed best management practices as well as the assessment and payment for environmental services in different Brazilian biomes. (Contact names - Heitor L. C. Coutinho, Rachel Bardy Prado and Azeneth Schuler)
5. Program of Quality Assessment of Soil Fertility Analysis Laboratories (PAQLF) and Training on Analytical Methodology at LASP (Laboratory for Analysis of Soil, Water and Plants)
Since the quality of soil laboratory analysis is at the forefront of any agricultural production system, the technical skills of laboratory professionals and its infrastructure are preconditions to achieve success. Embrapa Soils has extensive experience in the design, specification of materials, equipment and glassware for laboratories, as well as on training of technicians in the required analytical methodologies. Featuring the most modern analytical instrumentation, we are able to run training courses in several areas, such as analysis of soil fertility, analysis of plant tissue and water, safety in laboratories, laboratory waste management and good laboratory practice. (Contact names - Marcelo Saldanha (PAQLF) and Sílvio Tavares (LASP) )
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Embrapa Soils publishes its results and experiences as peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals, books (in full or in chapters), and technical publications (Embrapa Serial Documents, Research and Development Bulletins, Technical Communications, etc.). A list of publications is available at the internet link http://www.prodemb.cnptia.embrapa.br/ (select “Solos”, in the “Centro de Pesquisa” menu, type a key word in the appropriate field, and press “Enter”).
We highlight the two publications (books in Portuguese) with the highest demand for consultations by Brazilian Institutions, researchers, and students. We also list a selection of scientific articles and books published from 2007 to 2009 by Embrapa Soils´ researchers.
1. Brazilian Soil Classification System (SiBCS)
It consists of a key to classify soils, based upon attributes defined by morphologic, physical, chemical and mineralogical characteristics, generating different soil classes, conceptualized, defined and named according to taxonomic rules. (Contact: Humberto G. dos Santos)
2. Manual of Methods for Soil Analizes
This manual presents analytical procedures used in physical, chemical and mineralogical characterization of soils. (Contact: Guilherme Donagemma)
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Pub l i ca t ions
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7.1 Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles (2007-2009)
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ALCANTARA, S.; PEREZ, D. V.; ALMEIDA, M. R. A.; SILVA, G. M.; POLIDORO, J. C.; BETTIOL, W. Chemical changes and heavy metal partitioning in an oxisol cultivated with maize (Zea mays, L.) after 5 years disposal of a domestic and industrial sewage sludge. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, v. 203, p. 3-16, 2009.
MACHADO, P. L. O. A.; BERNARDI, A. C. de C.; ORTIZ VALÊNCIA, L. I.; MEIRELLES, M. S. P.; SILVA, C. A.; GIMENEZ, L. M.; MOLIN, J. P.; MADARI, B. E. Carbon stocks of rhodic ferralsol under no-tillage in Southern Brazil: spatial variability at a farm scale. Australian Journal of Soil Research, v. 47, n. 3, p. 253-267, 2009.
MOREIRA, F. M. de S.; NÓBREGA, R. S. A.; JESUS, E. da C.; FERREIRA, D. F.; PEREZ, D. V. Differentiation in the fertility of Inceptisols as related to land use in the upper Solimões river region, western Amazon. The Science of the Total Environment, v. 408, n. 2, p. 349 -355, 2009.
SANCHEZ, P. A.; AHAMED, S.; CARRÉ, F.; HARTEMINK, A. E.; HEMPEL, J.; HUISING, J.; LAGACHERIE, P.; MACBRATNEY, A. B.; MCKENZIE, N. J.; MENDONÇA SANTOS, M. de L.; MINASNY, B.; MONTANARELLA, L.; OKOTH, P.; PALM, C. A.; SACHS, J. D.; SHEPHERD, K. D.; VAGEN, T. G.; VANLAUWE, B.; WALSH, M. G.; WINOWIECKI, L. A.; ZHANG, G. L. Digital soil map of the world. Science, v. 325, n. 5941, p. 680 - 681, 2009.
ABOIM, M. C. R.; COUTINHO, H. L. da C.; PEIXOTO, R. S.; BARBOSA, J C.; ROSADO, A. S. Soil bacterial community structure and soil quality in a slash-and-burn cultivation system in Southeastern Brazil. Applied Soil Ecology, v. 38, n. 2, p. 100-108, Feb. 2008.
BARTHÈS, B. G.; KOUAKOUA, E. LARRÉ-LARROUY, M.-C.; RAZAFIMBELO, T. M.; LUCA, E. F. de, AZONTONDE, A.; NEVES, C. S. V. J.; FREITAS, P. L. de; FELLER, C. L. Texture and sesquioxide effects on water-stable aggregates and organic matter in some tropical soils. Geoderma, Amsterdam, v. 143, n. 1-2, p. 14-25, 15 Jan. 2008.
FONTANA, A.; PEREIRA, M. G.; ANJOS, L. H. C. dos; BENITES, V. de M. Distribution of organic carbon in the humic fractions of diagnostic horizons from Brazilian soils. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, Philadelphia, v. 39, n. 7/8, p. 951-971, Apr. 2008.
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NOVOTNY, E. H.; KNICKER, H.; MARTIN-NETO, L.; AZEREDO, R. B. V.; HAYES, M. H. B. Effect of residual vanadyl ions on the spectroscopic analysis of humic acids: a multivariate approach. European Journal of Soil Science, Oxford, v.59, n. 3, p. 439-444, Mar. 2008
SONG, G.; NOVOTNY, E. H.; SIMPSON, A. J.; CLAPP, C. E.; HAYES, M. H. B. Sequential exhaustive extraction of a Mollisol soil, and characterizations of humic components, including humin, by solid and solution state NMR. European Journal of Soil Science, Oxford, v.59, n. 3, p. 505-516, Mar. 2008
WASSERMAN, M. A.; BARTOLY, F.; PORTILHO, A. P.; ROCHEDO, E. R. R.; VIANA, A. G.; PÉREZ, D. V.; CONTI, C. C. The effect of organic amendment on potential mobility and bioavailability of 137Cs and 60Co in tropical soils. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Amsterdam, v. 99, n. 3, p. 554-562, Mar. 2008.
BERNARDI, A. C. de C.; MACHADO, P. L. O. de A.; MADARI, B. M.; TAVARES, S. R. de L.; CAMPOS, D. V. B. de; CRISÓSTOMO, L. de A. Carbon and nitrogen stocks of an arenosol under irrigated fruit orchards in semiarid Brazil. Scientia Agricola, Piracicaba, v. 64, n. 2, p.169-175, mar./abr. 2007.
BENITES, V. M.; MACHADO, P. L. O. A.; FIDALGO, E. C.; COELHO, M. R.; MADARI, B. E. Pedotransfer functions for estimating soil bulk density from existing soil survey reports in Brazil. Geoderma, v. 139, n. 1/2, p. 90-97, Apr. 2007.
BENITES, V.; SCHAEFER, C. E. G. R.; SIMAS, F. N. B.; SANTOS, H. G. Soil associated with rock outcrops in the Brazilian mountain ranges Mantiqueira and Espinhaço. Revista Brasileira de Botânica, São Paulo, v. 30, n. 4, p. 569-577, out./dez. 2007.
FERREIRA, C. A. M.; PONCIANO, J. A. C.; VAITSMAN, D. S. PÉREZ, D. V. Evaluation of the corrosivity of the soil through its chemical composition. Science of the Total Environment, Amsterdam, v. 388, n.1/3, p. 250-255, Dec. 2007.
MOTA, G. L. A.; FEITOSA, R. Q.; COUTINHO.H. L. C.; LIEDTKE, C. E.; MÜLLER, S; PAKZAD, K.; MEIRELLES, M. S. P. Multitemporal fuzzy classification model based on class transition possibilities. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Amsterdam, v. 62, n. 3, p. 186-200, Aug. 2007.
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NOVOTNY, E. H.; AZEVEDO, E. R. de; BONAGAMBA, T. J.; CUNHA, T. J. F.; MADARI B. E.; BENITES, V. de M.; HAYES, M. H. B. Studies of the compositions of humic acids from Amazonian Dark Earth soils. Environmental Science & Tecnology , v. 41, n. 2, p. 400-405, Jan. 2007.
PÉREZ, D. V.; ALCANTARA, S.; RIBEIRO, C. C.; PEREIRA, R. P.; FONTES, G.G.; WASSERMAN, M. A.; VENEZUELA, T. C.; MENEGUELLI, N. A.; MACEDO, J. R.; BARRADAS, C. A. A. Composted municipal waste effects on chemical properties of a Brazilian soil. Bioresource Technology, v. 98, p. 525-533, 2007
SIMPSON, A. J.; SONG, G.; SMITH, E.; LAM, B.; NOVOTNY, E. H.; HAYES, M. H. B. Unraveling the structural components of soil humin by use of solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Environmental Science & Technology, v. 41, n. 3, p. 876-883, Feb. 2007.
VALLADARES, G. S.; PEREITA, M. G.; ANJOS, L. H. C. dos; BENITES, V. de M.; EBELING, A. G.; MOUTA, R. de O. Humic substance fractions and attributes of histosols and related high-organic-matter soils from Brazil. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, v. 38, n. 5, p. 763-777, 2007.
BERGALLO, H. de G.; FIDALGO, E. C. C.; ROCHA, C. F. D.; UZEDA, M. C.; COSTA, M. B.; ALVES, M. A. S.; VAN SLUYS, M.; SANTOS, M. A.; COSTA, T. C. e C. da; COZZOLINO, A. C. R. (Org.). Estratégias e ações para a conservação da biodiversidade no Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Biomas, 2009.
INACIO, C. de T.; MILLER, P. R. M. Compostagem: ciência e prática para a gestão de resíduos orgânicos. Rio de Janeiro: Embrapa Solos, 2009. 156 p.
MACEDO, J. R. de; CAPECHE, C. L.; MELO, A. da S. Recomendações de manejo e conservação de solo e água. Niterói, RJ: Programa Rio Rural, 2009. 46 p. (Programa Rio Rural. Manual Técnico, 20) ISSN 1983-5671.
TALARICO, T. E.; ANDRADE, A. G. de; FREITAS, P. L. de; DÖWICH, I.; LANDERS, J. N. De olho no meio ambiente. Brasilia, DF: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica, 2009. 117 p.
7.2 Selected Books (2007-2009)
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HARTEMINK, A. E.; McBRATNEY, A.; MENDONÇA-SANTOS, M. de L. (Ed.). Digital soil mapping with limited data. New York: Springer, 2008. 445 p.
ANDRADE, J. C. da M. ; TAVARES, S. R. de L.; MAHLER, C. F. Fitorremediação: o uso de plantas na melhoria da qualidade ambiental. São Paulo: Oficina de Textos, 2007. 176 p. il.
MEIRELLES, M. S. P.; CAMARA, G.; ALMEIDA, C. M. de (Ed.). Geomática: modelos e aplicações ambientais. Brasília, DF: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica; Rio de Janeiro: Embrapa Solos, 2007. 593 p.
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The main points of contact at Embrapa Soils for the establishment of partnerships and international cooperation projects are:
Dr. Maria de Lourdes Mendonça Santos BrefinGeneral HeadEmbrapa SoilsRua Jardim Botânico 1024Rio de Janeiro – RJBrazil22460-000Tel.: 55-21-2179-4500Fax: 55-21-2274-5291Email: [email protected]
Dr. Daniel V. PérezDeputy Head of Research and DevelopmentEmbrapa SoilsRua Jardim Botânico 1024Rio de Janeiro – RJBrazil22460-000Tel.: 55-21-2179-4505Fax: 55-21-2274-5291Email: [email protected]
Contac t s
Contact information of Embrapa Soils´ staff related to the different technologies and research areas described in this document are listed below:
Name
Telephone
Technology
Aluisio G. Andrade
55-21-2179-4598
Recovery of
Degraded Areas
Ana Paula D. Turetta [email protected]
Azeneth Schuler [email protected] 55-21-2179-4543 Water Resources
Caio T. Inácio [email protected] 55 -21 -2179-4510 Composting
Cláudio L. Capeche [email protected] 55 -21-2179-4536 Recovery of
Degraded Areas
Elaine Cristina Cardoso
Fidalgo [email protected] 55-21-2179-4606
Remote Sensing
Geotechnology
Etelvino Novotny
55-21-2179-4598
Biochar
Fernando C. Amaral [email protected] 55 -21-2179-4503 Pedology Land evaluation
Guilherme
Donagemma [email protected] 55-21-2179-4534
Soil Analysis
Methods
Heitor L.C. Coutinho [email protected] 55-21-2179-4597 Sustainability,
Soil Quality
Humberto G. dos
Santos [email protected] 55 -21 -2179-4544 Soil Classification
José C. de Araújo Filho [email protected] 55 -81 3325 5988 Micromorphology
José Carlos Polidoro [email protected] 55-21-2179-4535 Soil Fertility
José R. Macedo [email protected] 55-21 -2179-4549 Production
Systems
Marcelo Saldanha [email protected] 55-21-2179-4596 Laboratory Quality
Assessment
Margareth S.P.
Meirelles [email protected] 55-21-2179-4614 Geotechnology
Maria de Lourdes M.S. Brefin
[email protected] 55 -21 -2179-4501 PedologyDigital Soil Mapping
Rachel B. Prado [email protected] 55-21-2179-4605 Geotechnology
Water Quality
Ricardo Dart [email protected] 55 -21 -2179-4617 Geotechnology
Ricardo Trippia dos
Guimarães Peixoto [email protected] 55-21-2179-4543
Organic
management of
soil fertility
Sílvio R. L. Tavares [email protected] 55 -21- 2179-4547
Remediation of
Contaminated
Areas
Vinicius M. Benites [email protected] 55 64 964 1-1696 Soil Fertility
Waldir de Carvalho
Junior [email protected] 55-21-2179-4616 Zoning
55-21-2179-4543 Sustainability Spatial Analysis
