Eder is a Researcher at EMBRAPA, and is based at EMBRAPA Cerrado in Brasilia, Brazil’s agricultural research centre. He is a geologist by background, with degrees from the University of Brasilia. He has specialized in the application of geochemistry and mineralogy to address problems in agriculture, and is one of the most prominent members of Brazil’s Soil Remineralizing movement, which helps identify rock types suitable for crop nutrition. He has played a major role in defining federal regulations in Brazil that enable milled rocks as soil remineralizers to be used for this purpose.
