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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduated in Agricultural Engineering, Master in Science (Nuclear Energy in Agriculture), PhD in Agronomy (Soils and Plant Nutrition). Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo, responsible for the CENA Radioisotopes Laboratory, since 1988. Works in Traceability and Authenticity in Agriculture, Industrial Applications of Radioisotopes, Food Quality and Safety, Metrology in Chemistry, Biomonitoring and Mining. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Agribusiness in Brazil has expanded in recent decades with increased participation in the gross domestic product and exportation revenues. Projections indicate the potential for further improvements with growing production of cellulose, meat, soybean, corn, rice, and cotton. However, the country's agriculture is under economic, social, and environmental pressure concerning sustainability,…
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The quality of specialty coffees is closely related to the chemical characteristics of the beans, which are influenced by environmental conditions, management practices, cultural treatments, and post-harvest processes. Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer and the second largest consumer, has a production hub in Minas Gerais state with environmental and cultural factors that impart …
Soybean production in Brazil, predominantly in the south and center-west, has expanded to transition areas between the Cerrado and the Amazon due to its economic importance and technological advances that make cultivation in the region viable, generating concern about the impacts of deforestation. The traceability of the soy production chain is an issue of growing interest for Brazilian a…
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Certified reference materials (CRMs) are indispensable for the quality control of measurement systems and for validation of methods. These materials have been produced for different areas of interest, due to their great importance for health, nutrition, environment, industry and international trade. However, there are difficulties in the selection of appropriate materials, since there are…
Brazil is a major exporter of agricultural products in the world, annually producing 140 million tons of food. At the same time, the country has millions of excluded people without access to food either in quantity or quality. Also, it is amongst the ten countries that mostly wasting food, with about 35% of agricultural production being wasted. The agro-food processing is one of the activ…
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Scientists from different research areas have been working to develop new varieties of sugarcane, cultivation practices and agricultural technology for increasing sugarcane productivity, for which the adequate nutrition of sugarcane plants is a key factor. Leaf analysis is an important tool that can be used to evaluate the nutritional status of the sugarcane plant for which the selection …
Many attempts have been made to conceive a quick and easy way to assess the bioavailability of iron in different foods and diets. The techniques in vitro are considered more accessible due to low cost and complexity. Among them, the iron dialysis based on the simulated digestion of food or diet, followed by dialysis into semi-permeable membrane. However, this method is not able to determi…
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