Advanced irrigation optimizes production and minimizes the use of water. Best practice extraction and manufacturing techniques are used. We invest in product and process research.
To gain information on new techniques and to challenge feasibility before adopting them, SuperVerde installed an expert board. On this board experts on the diverse subjects from irrigation techniques, crop improvement to manufacturing techniques of biodiesel are discussed. SuperVerde invests in research done by leading experts. Key focus areas are:
- advanced irrigation techniques
- ecological fertilisation and defensives
- high efficient oil extraction
- crop improvement of Mamona and Pinhão manso
A new era for Mamona and Pinhão manso production is the introduction of hybrid seeds. Hybrid seed is seed produced by artificially cross-pollinated plants. Hybrids are bred to improve the characteristics of the resulting plants, such as better yield, greater uniformity, improved colour, disease resistance, and so forth. Today, hybrid seed is predominant in agriculture and home gardening, and is one of the main contributing factors to the dramatic rise in agricultural output during the last half of the 20th century. In the US, the commercial market was launched in the 1920s, with the first hybrid maize. Hybrid seed cannot be saved, as the seed from the first generation of hybrid plants does not reliably produce true copies, therefore, new seed must be purchased for each planting. We expect to double or triple our output per hectare over the next years. We plan to invest in corporations with hybrid seed producers and set up an experimental nursery in Cearã in the summer of 2007.
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