da Silva Alexandre M
Department of Environmental Engineering - Campus Experimental - UNESP, 511 - Sorocaba - SP - Brazil.
Recent Pat Food Nutr Agric. 2009 Jun;1(2):100-3.
Agriculture is one of the most important and possibly the oldest economic activity developed by humans. This activity was developed extensively and is becoming more and more dependent on development of technologies. The goal of this manuscript was examining some patents related to technologies developed for improving crop yields. Such patents are mainly related to more efficient formulations of agrochemicals and management techniques of plants, cattle and natural resources. A brief comment is carried out about bioprospection and related problems, relating, for example the case of Cupuaçu. The article is concluded mentioning that the development of policies and management strategies that increase agricultural yield and simultaneously preserve or conserve natural resources should also be prioritized, because certainly this is the only way we have to get the real sustainability and to improve life quality abroad the world.
农业是人类开展的最重要且可能是最古老的经济活动之一。这项活动已得到广泛发展，并且越来越依赖技术的发展。本手稿的目的是研究一些与为提高作物产量而开发的技术相关的专利。此类专利主要涉及更高效的农用化学品配方以及植物、牲畜和自然资源的管理技术。针对生物勘探及相关问题进行了简要评论，例如提到了瓜拉那的案例。文章结尾指出，还应优先制定提高农业产量并同时保护或养护自然资源的政策和管理战略，因为这无疑是实现真正可持续发展并提高全球生活质量的唯一途径。
