CNPA (English)

CNPA stands for Embrapa Cotton, the unit that aims to:

Generate and transfer technologies with low environmental impact;
To develop cotton cultivars resistant to diseases and adapted to the Brazilian "cerrado" (a biome of savannahs);
To develop cultivars adapted to the cultivation of cotton in semi-arid region;
Develop cultivars of peanut, sesame and castor adapted to the cultivation in the Northeast;
To strengthen family farming and agribusiness;
Discover new applications for the products studied;
Integrate agriculture to the industry and the consumers.

CNPA is the ancient name of the original acronym Embrapa Cotton: (Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Algodão) National Center for Cotton Research.

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