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RESEARCH PROGRAMS

To achieve CCARBON/USP's objectives, strategic, multidisciplinary and innovative research lines will cover five major areas:

SOIL

PLANT

ANIMAL

ATMOSPHERE

DIGITAL TOOLS

CHALLENGING QUESTIONS

SOIL

Are the Brazilian agricultural soils acting as C sinks or sources?

How changes on the composition and activity of the soil microbiome can be related to the capacity of C sequestration in agriculture systems?

Are there synergies between soil carbon sequestration and soil health and other ecosystem services?

How to transform degraded soils into climate-smart solutions?

How to measure the carbon consumed by enhanced weathering (EW) of silicate rock powders (SRP) applied to soil with sufficient certainty for the C capture certification/ C credit market?

To which extent restoration and commercial tree plantations mitigate GHG emissions from agriculture?

How can ecological restoration, planned with spatial intelligence and implemented with quality and high natural diversity contribute to C sequestration and ecosystem services in tropical agriculture?

How to boost the efficiency and rate of C sequestration by plants?

Is it possible to fast develop new plant cultivars with better C sequestration, keeping agronomical performance similar or higher than the current standards?

How to exploit the interplay of soil-plant-insect pest microbiomes in pest management to enhance carbon accumulation, mineralization and sequestration?

Are the Agri-Food systems prepared to address the changing demands for healthy, low-C emissions, and sustainable ingredients in food?

PLANT

ANIMAL

How grazing management may help to mitigate GHG emissions in pastoral systems of animal production?

How manipulating the microbiome profile in the rumen through feed biomass can mitigate enteric methane in grazing ruminants under tropical conditions?

How can the adoption of more intensive grain processing methods, the use of genetically modified corn grain high in alpha amylase and their combinations with corn ethanol byproducts (distiller’s grains) in feedlot cattle diets contribute to the increase in the world beef supply while decreasing GHG emissions?

Which are the possible impacts of climate change on the main Brazilian crops?

Can crop rotations schemes contribute to reducing GHG emission while increasing bioenergy crops production?

ATMOSPHERE

DIGITAL TOOLS ​

What are the best approaches to predict, map and monitor soil C and associated data using geotechnologies? ​

How integrated crop modeling can assist the transition to more productive and climate-smart agricultural systems?

What are the socio-economic impacts of new technologies related to low-C agriculture? The interactions between new low carbon technologies in agriculture and the circular flow of resources in the economy.

Researchers

Ecosystem Restoration and Conservation​

Ecosystem Restoration and Conservation

PI - Pedro Brancalion
Focus on strategies to restore degraded ecosystems in order to . increase C (soil and biomass), restore biodiversity and improve ecosystem services
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Forestry

Forestry

PI - Rodrigo Hakamada
Focus on forestry systems (such as planted forests and SAFs) and its potential to sequester C (soil and biomass) and reduce GHG emissions
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Blue Carbon

Blue Carbon

PI - Tiago Ferreira
Focus on the potencial of coastal ecosystems (particulary mangroves) to sequester C and provide other ecosystem services
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Integrated systems

Integrated systems

PI - Leidivan Frazão
Focus on the potential of integrated systems, such as Crop-Livestock, Crop-Livestock-Forestry, Livestock-Forestry to sequester C, reduce GHG emissions
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Bioenergy

Bioenergy

PI - João Carvalho
Focus on the potential of energy crops and agro-industrial residues for bioenergy production (biogas, bioethanol, solid biomass) to sequester C and reduce GHG emissions
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Sustainable Livestock

Sustainable Livestock

Research Sector Chain Coordinator - Luiz Lehmann Coutinho
Focus on animal management practices with lower greenhouse gas emissions (such as CH4), improved feed efficiency, animal welfare and integration with managed and regenerative pasture systems)
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Annual crops

Annual crops

PI - Fábio Marin
Focus on the potencial of sustainable management practices adopted by the main annual crops
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Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Technologies

Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Technologies

PI - Alexandre Demattê
MRV technologies (e.g. new methodologies for C analysis, flux towers, remote sensing, modelling, mapping, certification, traceability, scenario analysis, LCA)
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Modeling impact assessment due climate change

Modeling impact assessment due climate change

PI - Fábio Marin
Development and application of models to assess the impacts of climate change on natural and socioeconomic systems.
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Green finances, economic models, public policies, innovations and governance

Green finances, economic models, public policies, innovations and governance

Research Sector Chain Coordinator - Mateus Gerolamo
To investigate sustainable financial mechanisms, economic models aimed at the green transition, and the role of public policies and governance in promoting innovations that support sustainable development.
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We are the Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture (CCARBON/USP), affiliated with the Rectorate of the University of São Paulo (USP) and headquartered at the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ) in Piracicaba – SP, Brazil. CCARBON/USP creation was approved by the Research, Dissemination and Innovation Centers Program (CEPID) of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).

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