The Graduate Program in Organic Agriculture has one area of concentration (Organic Agriculture) and three research lines – Soil Management, Production Systems, and Participatory Processes. These are associated with research projects and extension programs of the Master’s Course in Organic Agriculture.

Soil Management
Research in this line addresses soil and water management and conservation through strategies based on agroecological principles. This includes the management of agrobiodiversity and landscape-level strategies integrated with productive social systems. The goal is to develop processes that build soil quality by considering the full scope of these systems through their physical, chemical, and biological components, aiming at agricultural productivity, food security, and sustainability. This line includes research on microbiome ecology and applications, biotechnological products, soil fertilization and biomass management in agroecosystems, processes for the recovery of degraded soils, and the implementation and management of agroforestry systems.

Production Systems
This line involves research related to the production systems of vegetable, fruit, flower, and grain crops, as well as organic seed production technology and the agro-industrialization of organic products, with a focus on family farming. It also includes organic animal production, especially dairy farming, best practices, and animal welfare. Regarding phytosanitary management, priority is given to ecological studies and methods of conservative biological control, application of bio-inputs, and alternative pesticides.

Participatory Processes
This research line seeks to develop and connect the themes of sustainability, agroecology, organic agriculture, and food and nutritional security from different analytical perspectives and through the participatory construction of knowledge. It focuses on identifying, characterizing, and encouraging strategies that support the agroecological transition, from the agroecosystem level to agrifood systems, contributing to the productive inclusion of family farmers and traditional communities.