Plastic is Agro: dissemination of scientific results produced at the Plasticulture Engineering Center

• Grant number: 23/04380-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Journalism
• Start date: July 01, 2023
• End date: June 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Industries
• Principal Investigator: Telma Teixeira Franco
• Grantee: Celso Fidelis de Moura Junior
• Host Institution: Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Planejamento Energético (NIPE). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME), Brazil

Abstract

Agriculture plays an important social role, both in food production and in the interaction with the environment. With the economic and social importance that this activity has in the country, demands arise for research that collaborate with a more sustainable and efficient production. Therefore, the Plasticulture Engineering Center in Brazil will bring together the technologies of agricultural producers and guide them in the choices between technologies that are already mastered, borderline or disruptive, or a combination of them to create a plastic culture for sustainable production in Brazil.Therefore, this project aims to disseminate, through journalistic tools, the scientific products and technologies developed at the Plasticulture Center. Texts, reports and a podcast entitled: Plastic is Agro will be produced in this context.