Textbook on the Direct Planting System will be launched during the Coopavel Rural Show

The Coopavel Rural Show, an event for the dissemination of agricultural technologies held annually in Cascavel (PR), will be the stage for the launch of the textbook “The mystery of the red river”, which is organized by Marie Bartz and Johann Bartz in partnership with the Federation Brazilian Direct Planting Agency (FEBRAPDP). Aiming to contribute to the knowledge and preservation of the history of conservation agriculture in Brazil, as well as teaching farmers' children and city children about the importance of conserving the soil, the work was written by London journalist and writer, Wilhan Santin, and tells the story of Herbert Bartz, the pioneer of the Direct Planting System (SPD) in Latin America.

The official launch is scheduled to take place on February 08th, at 13:30 pm, at the Itaipu Binacional stand, and will be attended by authorities such as the Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, the Governor of Paraná, Ratinho Júnior, and the Secretary of Agriculture, Norberto Ortigara. In addition to them, the action will also feature the participation of some of the book's sponsors, such as MICROGEO, a company that develops a Biological Fertilizer that restores the soil's microbiome, contributing to the environment and also to the SPD.

MICROGEO Biological Fertilizer presents a heterogeneous composition of microorganisms that, when supplied to the soil-plant environment, alters the communities present there, promoting biodiversity. The results of the solution were recently validated by a study carried out by Fundação Espaço ECO, involving research on sugarcane using MICROGEO, developed by UNESP/Jaboticabal, which pointed out possibilities for Biological Fertilizer in the crop. The study proved that the cultivation of sugar cane, linked to biological fertilization, had a 40% reduction in environmental impact. It was estimated that for an average plant, with annual processing of 4,5 million tons of sugarcane on 50 thousand hectares, MICROGEO Biological Fertilizer would help reduce CO emissions by 56 million kilos.₂ In the atmosphere.

It was also pointed out that MICROGEO Biological Fertilizer, through the soil restructuring program, can contribute to the quality of direct planting and, consequently, increase the Participatory Quality Index (IQP), which is the indicator of quality and sustainability of planting. direct developed by the FEBRAPDP partnership, together with Itaipu Binacional, Instituto Agronomico do Paraná (IAPAR) and Cooperatives in the region. To find out more about the subject and check out testimonials from producers in Paraná, click here.

In addition to MICROGEO, the publication also had the support of Dow AgroSciences, Itaipu Binacional, Fundação Agrisus, Jacto, Tatu Marchesan, Universidade Positivo and Cooperativa Agroindustrial Integrada.