About PPGPV

The Postgraduate Program in Plant Production is a nationally offered master's and doctoral program. Located on the Gurupi Campus, it was officially established in July 2006 and is recommended by CAPES, with a grade of 3 for the Master's level. Since the creation of the Master's program in Plant Production, improvements have occurred primarily in the university's research, teaching, and outreach programs. In 2010, the Master's program received a score of 4 in the CAPES Triennial Evaluation. In 2011, the Doctorate in Plant Production was approved, further strengthening the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program and enhancing the university's research, teaching, and outreach programs. In 2018, the program received a grade 5 in the CAPES evaluation (2017-2020), demonstrating its rapid evolution over the years.

The Master's in Plant Production, whose first cohort began in 2007, selects students each semester and/or year, and 23 students are currently enrolled. To date, 180 dissertations have been defended in the Plant Production area of concentration, distributed among the following areas: Plant Health, Plant Genetic Improvement, Plant Science, and Soil and Water Management. All master's students completed the program in approximately 24 months, and the dissertations completed or still being developed primarily seek to address regional needs.

Master's students receive a solid, multidisciplinary education, enabling them to develop research focused on ensuring the food base through sustainable agriculture in the Cerrado and floodplain regions. They strive to maintain the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the soil and water resources, developing plants resistant to water stress, and ensuring the conservation of soil properties (physical, chemical, and biological) and water resources. This includes sustainable management, genetic improvement of crops for drought tolerance, and the protection of beneficial biota (pollinators and biological control agents) in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Research on good agricultural practices, such as crop rotation, no-till farming, the use of resistant local varieties, balanced nutrition, soil conservation, and management to prevent the development of pest and pathogen resistance to control methods are also approached during the program.

Doctoral students follow the same model proposed for the master's program, but additional emphasis has been placed on implementing international partnerships, with study missions in a sandwich/doctoral stay model, allowing training at globally recognized research centers. This also includes the development of products and patents, resulting from the development of theses, aimed at application in the sustainable agricultural production model. In this context, the Plant Production program, created in 2006, has already produced a significant number of master's and doctoral graduates.

The program aims, above all, to develop qualified professionals with specialized training to work at the higher education level, both as teachers and researchers. The graduate's profile is centered on the program's research lines, with an emphasis on developing professional skills to work in generating knowledge and obtaining products in the field of plant production, which advance national science and agribusiness. Graduates of the program are trained in areas of knowledge that allow for establishing connections between theoretical and applied fields, having been trained to execute research projects, generating technical and scientific knowledge in their area of expertise. Another focus of the program is to develop critical thinking and reflect on the social responsibilities of the profession and its relationship to the conscious use of environmental resources, considering population growth and its impact on economic, social, and environmental aspects. Graduates of the Postgraduate Program in Plant Production at UFT are also prepared to pursue teaching activities, having received didactic training, working in activities related to the undergraduate program in Agronomy, Forestry Sciences, and Biotechnology.

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