02054nam a2200181 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000170006024501040007726001530018152014230033465000140175765000150177165000130178670000290179970000240182870000200185210160632016-07-11       2008    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aRAMOS, N. P.  aExpansion of sunflower crop production in Brazilba survey of future trends.h[electronic resource]  aIn: INTERNATIONAL SUNFLOWER CONFERENCE, 17., 2008, Córdoba. Proceedings... Córdoba: Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca, 2008. v.2, p.769-774c2008  aSunflower cropped area in Brazil has been showing potential possibilities to be increased in a short period of time for biofuel production. Planning the activities is one of the requirements for the success of future cropped area expansion. This requires a previous survey that identifies future trends in the transformation and rearrangement of the sunflower agro-industry sector and also identifies technological needs that may affect this process. With the objectives of identify future trends and technological needs, a value production chain was built and a questionary was applied to agents of all the sectors participating at the V National Brazilian Symposium of Sunflower and at the XVII Sunflower National Research Meeting Network. The results pointed out a strong tendency for area expansion in the next two to five years (75%); being as a secondary follow-up crop (83%) specially after soybean and top be used for biofuel (77%). The main research needs were linked with disease control, crop zoning and varietal improvement for disease resistance and high oleic oil content. Also considering the vision of and concerns regarding the future expansion and transformation of the sunflower productive complex, it is believed that the expansion is a consolidated trend, requiring a strategic sector planning associated with an economic and technological police for its success within the Brazilian agribusiness.  abiodiesel  aBioenergia  aGirassol1 aBUSCHINELLI, C. C. de A.1 aLUCHIARI JUNIOR, A.1 aPIRES, A. M. M.