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Project encourages planting hops in Rio Grande do Sul

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Brazil
Published Oct 3, 2020

Tridge summary

Last Monday (28/09), the first video meeting was held with the group of producers, technicians and researchers who are part of the Project Monitoring and Development of Hop Culture in Rio Grande do Sul. The virtual meeting had with the objective of officially starting the process that will follow the hop culture and visits to the properties. The project started to map the gaucho potential of production of the input used in beer.

Original content

The joint initiative of the State Secretariat for Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development (Seapdr), through the Department of Agricultural Diagnosis and Research (DDPA), with Emater / RS-Ascar, aims to raise information about culture and, thus, , to promote the development of the productive chain in the State. The initial phase of the project - which will last for 12 months (until August 2021) - consists of carrying out actions in six rural properties located in Bom Jesus, São Francisco de Paula, Serafina Côrrea, Vacaria and Nova Petrópolis, called units of monitoring, without any cost or remuneration to participating farmers. In each of them, the agronomic routine for growing hops will be observed; collecting data on plant development; collection of agrometeorological data; soil collection and analysis; field days for training the project's technical team and gathering socioeconomic information on the hop culture. It is important to highlight the participation of the State ...
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