How the MST proposes to stand up to agribusiness by planting organic soy
Farmers from the Ernesto Che Guevara settlement in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul sow 100 hectares of poison-free soy
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Human rights violations by pesticides: will Brazil follow toxic paths?
Article discusses Brazil's actions on pesticides in view of the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council
Brazil’s Pesticide Industry Is Creating Massive PFOS Contamination
While much of the world struggles to clean up contamination from the toxic industrial compound PFOS, Brazil is still adding to the massive environmental mess with its large-scale production, use, and export of sulfluramid, a pesticide that degrades into PFOS.
Brazil’s Supreme Court postpones judgment on unconstitutionality in pesticide tax exemption
Direct Action of Unconstitutionality on the subject will be accommodated on the agenda of the Supreme Federal Court
“Agribusiness is calling the shots in Brazil,” says Chico Mendes’ daughter
Environmentalist Angela Mendes spoke with Brasil de Fato about alliance against Bolsonaro administration’s setbacks
Video | Pesticide residues found in 51% of fruits and vegetables consumed in Brazil
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Brazil approved more new pesticides in 200 days than European Union did in 8 years
Bolsonaro administration approved 239 substances; pace is so fast that farm lobby stopped pushing “Poison Bill”
In 200 days, the Jair Bolsonaro administration has approved more new pesticides in Brazil than the European Union did in eight years.
Since January 2019, Brazil has sanctioned 239 new agrochemicals, while the EU has approved 229 since 2011, the ex-president of the Brazilian Association for Agrarian Reform (ABRA), Gerson Teixeira, wrote.
Brazilian state of Ceará bans aerial crop dusting
Movements celebrated measure and will now fight for agroecological farming to replace current fruit production system
The governor of Ceará, Camilo Santana, signed a bill into law this week banning crop dusting in the northern Brazilian state. The measure was welcomed by people’s movements that have been exposing the problems of pesticide abuse in the area.
Civil society entities introduce project to reduce agrochemical use in Brazil
Designed by civil society organizations, bill challenges rural lobby and promotes agroecology systems
The 10 worst events of 2017 that affected the life of Brazilian people
The continuity of the coup government of Michel Temer and of his parliamentarians in the Congress is one of the negatives points of this year.
The question that prevails is: What to expect of 2018?
Every new year there is a balance of the advances and setbacks in the life of the people. But in this 2017, filled with memorable events, it is difficult to chose.