INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) is a participant member of the Cooperative Program for Agrifood and Agroindustry Technological Development of the Southern Cone (Procisur), a joint initiative of the National Institutes for Agricultural Research of the Southern Cone aimed at fostering their cooperation, alongside other global actors in the fields of science, technology and innovation, to help improve the productivity, competitiveness and sustainability of natural resources, food safety, rural land development and social equity in regional agriculture. Aiming to foster knowledge exchange and establish the participation of new technologies in regional agriculture competitiveness and sustainability, Embrapa Agricultural Informatics took the initiative of organizing the production of this book addressing the use of information and communication technologies and their relations with agriculture.