SUFICA

SUFICA's goal is to increase the competitiveness, sustainability and long-term resilience of fruit growing in the São Francisco Valley, Brazil, as it intensifies through cutting-edge research on agricultural ecosystem services and biodiversity. The project will co-design and test nature-based innovations on intensive fruit farms that yield multiple environmental benefits while increasing farm profitability through improved yield or quality and reduced inputs... SUFICA establishes the necessary research infrastructure and tools to monitor and continually improve biodiversity and ecosystem services on farms in the São Francisco valley, and demonstrates how a partnership approach enables the benefits of agricultural growth and environmental protection to be combined... Sustainable fruit farming in the Caatinga Sustainable Fruit Farming in the Caatgina: a Newton-funded project with partners from UK, Brazil and Chile