Brazil-Argentina 2011 “Tropical Agriculture” • 3 Credits Course • Reports & seminars • 11 days in Brazil – 10 days in Argentina • Culture, Food Processing and Agriculture Instructors: Osvaldo Campanella & Paulo Santos
Brazil – Argentina Study Abroad 2008 ?
Tour of sugar and ethanol processing plant • Sugarcane yields two products: – Sugar – Alcohol
SAINT PAULO STATE – PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL SUGAR CANE
SAINT PAULO STATE – PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL - SUGAR CANE SUGAR ETHANOL
UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINHAS – St Paulo
STARCH PROCESSING – St Paulo State The picture on the left is the tapioca plant, it takes 6-8 months for it to mature. After harvesting the roots the need to be washed before processing as show on the right .
Santos – St Paulo State ORANGE JUICE PROCESSING
RIO DE JANEIRO View from hotel
RIO DE JANEIRO Sugar loaf cable car
RIO DE JANEIRO
University of Vicosa - Milk Processing
Cachaça
Coffee Production & Processing
Drying on “Patios”
COFFEE FARMING Alfonso explaining the new coffee drying process. The first visit was to a coffee plantation, owned by our host Alfonso. His family has owned the operation for 150 years, and has ranked high in quality rankings every year.
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Iguasu Falls Entre Rosario Rios Buenos Aires Mar del Plata Rosario
Rosario – Soy bean Processing The original cereal chamber where trade would take place
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La La Es Espe peran anza On our visit to this farm in Argentina we had the opportunity to learn about their crop production. Here they extensively followed no tillage practices to maintain the land fertile soil which was 5.5% organic matter. They also raised beef entirely on grass.
El Choique This dairy with 550 head of Holstein- Jersey cross cattle produced their milk by only feeding forages following management systems from New Zealand .
Buenos Aires Historical Tree 9 of July Avenue Florida Avenue Argentina Office of the President
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