Use of genetically modified crops and pesticides in Brazil

Growing hazards

Datos Bibliográficos

ID16826537
AutoresVicente Eduardo Soares De Almeida (0000-0001-8201-3718, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Brasil), Katz Friedrich (0000-0002-3661-6179, Fiocruz, Brasil), Karen Friedrich (Fiocruz, Brasil), Alan Freihof Tygel (, Brasil), Leonardo Melgarejo (0000-0002-3680-7792, Associação Brasileira de Agroecologia, Brasil), Fernando Ferreira Carneiro (0000-0002-6625-9715, Fiocruz Ceará, Brasil)
Año2017
Volumen22
Número10
Páginas3333-3339
Fecha de publicación2017-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCiência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1413-812320172210.17112017
PMID29069188
OpenAlexW2766510134
SCIELO_PIDS1413-81232017021003333
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas26

Genetically modified (GM) crops were officially authorized in Brazil in 2003. In this documentary study, we aimed to identify possible changes in the patterns of pesticide use after the adoption of this technology over a span of 13 years (2000 to 2012). The following variables were analyzed: Pesticide use (kg), Pesticide use per capita (kg/inhab), Pesticide and herbicide use per area (kg/ha) and productivity (kg/ha). Contrary to the initial expectations of decreasing pesticide use following the adoption of GM crops, overall pesticide use in Brazil increased 1.6-fold between the years 2000 and 2012. During the same period, pesticide use for soybean increased 3-fold. This study shows that the adoption of GM crops in Brazil has led to an increase in pesticide use with possible increases in environmental and human exposure and associated negative impacts

Agricultural science · Agriculture · Agronomy · Biology · Crop Productivity · Economics · Environmental health · Per capita · Pesticide · Pesticide application · Pesticide residue · Population · Productivity · Environmental Science · Genetically Modified Organisms Research · Insect Resistance and Genetics · Medicine · Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies · Ecology · Toxicology