Grupo de Estudo em Ruminantes e Forragicultura da Amazônia
Study Group on Ruminants and Forage Production of the Amazon
Dias de Campo
​II Sheep and Goat Farming Field Day
August 30, 2014
The II Sheep and Goat Farming Field Day was an event organized by the Pará Goat and Sheep Research Center (CPCOP) and the Amazon Ruminant and Forage Farming Study Group. The event was held at the Igarapé-Açu School Farm and was attended by students from UFRA, Belém and Capanema Campuses, as well as students from the Federal Institute of Pará (IFPA), Castanhal Campus, in addition to producers and technicians from the region. The event was attended by the following lecturers: Prof. Aníbal Coutinho do Rêgo; Prof. Cristian Faturi; Prof. Luiz Fernando de Souza Rodrigues; Dr. Edwana Mara Monteiro; Zootechnician Paula Fabriny; and undergraduate students in Zootechnics, Melany Simões and Vitor Hugo Maues Macedo.
IV Field Day on Ruminant Production
August 27, 2016
On August 27, 2016, the IV Field Day on Ruminant Production was held, promoted by the Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), through the Study Group on Ruminants and Forage Farming in the Amazon (GERFAM) and the Research Center on Goats and Sheep of Pará (CPCOP). The activity was held at the UFRA School Farm (Feiga), located in the municipality of Igarapé-Açu (PA). The event was attended by the Director of the Institute of Animal Health and Production (ISPA) and vice-coordinator of GERFAM, Prof. Cristian Faturi, and the Deputy Pro-Rector of Extension, Prof. Marcos André Piedade Gama.
V Field Day on Ruminant Production
August 26, 2017
On August 26, 2017, the 5th Field Day on Ruminant Production was held, promoted by the Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), through the Study Group on Ruminants and Forage Farming in the Amazon (GERFAM) and the Center for Research on Goats and Sheep of Pará (CPCOP). The activity was held at the UFRA School Farm (Feiga), located in the municipality of Igarapé-Açu (PA). The event was attended by the Director of the Institute of Animal Health and Production (ISPA) and vice-coordinator of GERFAM, Prof. Cristian Faturi, and the Deputy Pro-Rector of Extension, Prof. Jonas Elias Castro da Rocha.
​VII Field Day on Ruminant Production
August 24, 2019
GERFAM and CPCOP, with support from Emevep Jr, Megaa and GENAFOP, organized another Field Day on Ruminant Production. The event, which is already part of the calendar of the main extension actions in the region, was held at the Igarapé-Açu School Farm on August 24 (Saturday), 2019, at 9:00 am. The Field Day had the tradition you already know, with four knowledge stations, which addressed: use of cassava as forage, use of corrective in pasture formation, pasture management and reproduction of small ruminants. This year, the use of cassava was a new feature of our event. In the section that addressed this topic, participants were able to access information on the conservation of cassava through silage production, cassava as forage, and the main obstacles to planting this crop in the Northeast region of Pará. On the other hand, in the section that addressed the use of soil correctives, participants were able to see the main precautions that producers should take when correcting the soil on their property.