Center for citrus industry sustainability

• Grant number: 24/08934-7
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Centers in Engineering Program
• Start date: February 01, 2025
• End date: January 31, 2030
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Crop Science
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Alves de Azevedo
• Grantee: Fernando Alves de Azevedo
• Host Institution: Instituto Agronômico (IAC). Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA). Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento (São Paulo - Estado). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Company: CITROSUCO S/A AGROINDUSTRIA
• Pesquisadores principais: Aline de Oliveira Garcia ; Maria Fátima das Graças Fernandes da Silva ; Pedro Augusto Munari Junior ; Valdenice Moreira Novelli
• Associated researchers: Abelmon da Silva Gesteira ; Alécio Souza Moreira ; Alessandra Alves de Souza ; André Freitas Colaço ; Arlene Gonçalves Corrêa ; Dirceu de Mattos Junior ; Eduardo Augusto Girardi ; Eduardo Vicente ; Gabriel Constantino Blain ; Geraldo José da Silva Junior ; Gisele Anne Camargo ; Gleidson Silva Teixeira ; Helvecio Della Coletta Filho ; João Batista Fernandes ; José Antonio Alberto da Silva ; José Belasque Junior ; José Eduardo Marcondes de Almeida ; Lucas Rios do Amaral ; Marco Aurélio Takita ; Mariângela Cristofani-Yaly ; Marinês Bastianel ; Mário Eidi Sato ; Maristela Oliveira dos Santos ; Miguel Francisco de Souza Filho ; Neidiquele Maria Silveira ; Osmar Vaz de Carvalho Netto ; Patrícia Marluci da Conceição ; Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro Marchiori ; Quezia Bezerra Cass ; Raquel Luciana Boscariol Camargo ; Regiane Cristina de Oliveira ; Regina Celia de Matos Pires ; Reinaldo Morabito Neto ; Rodrigo Marcelli Boaretto ; Rose Maria Carlos ; Sérgio Alves de Carvalho ; Sílvia Cristina Sobottka Rolim de Moura ; Tiago Venancio

Abstract

The mission of the Center for Citrus Industry Sustainability (Fapesp-Citrosuco) is to to establish an international research Center, focused on developing innovations and disseminating knowledge about citrus industry. The existence of the Center is justified by the need to integrate efforts to provide innovative answers and solutions to maintain the sustainability of the juice industry in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on strategic actions in the agricultural and industrial areas. The Center will have a team of highly qualified researchers who will conduct inter and multidisciplinary activities involving projects in five lines of research: (i) productivity in the field; (ii) sustainable management of diseases, pests and weeds (iii) biostimulants and biofertilizers; (iv) control and industrial logistics and; (v) new products to orange juice industry. The Center's headquarter institution will be at the Sylvio Moreira Citricus Center of the Agronomic Institute (CCSM/IAC), this choice occurred because CCSM/IAC is a science and innovation institution, working in interdisciplinary areas, which provides sustainable citrus production in Brazil. The organization of the Center will have the participation of a Director and Vice-Director, an Executive Committee and Education and Technology Transfer Managers, as well as an International Advisory Board (IAB), which, together with Citrosuco, a global leader in export of orange juice, will follow the path to achieving the proposed objectives. (AU)