From now on, the responsibility for the prescription of agricultural pesticides will apply to the agronomist. The agreement was signed by the Minister of Agriculture, Blairo with the Federal Council of Engineering and Agronomy (Confea). Presently the prescription reproduced what is predicted in the package inserts issued by the manufacturers.
“We empower agronomist engineers, who also come to define the mixtures that can be made of these products. It was an old demand of professionals, “the minister said in a statement.
In addition to the recipe, mixing in tanks, before application in agriculture, also passes to the agronomists’ responsibility, “using the knowledge they have.” According to the secretary of Agricultural Defense of MAPA, Luis Rangel, the measure also “takes away from the shadow of an unintentional illicitness, farmers. The practice was this because of the lack of technical responsibility in the recommendation. Obviously, the responsibility of Confea is to supervise the professional exercise “.
“Several products are used to optimize the process and there are risks of eventual mixing creating chemical incompatibility in the spray tank, precipitating a substance, clogging nozzle, creating phytotoxicity, depending on the crop, in the way it is applied. And only those who really understand this issue are the agronomist, “recalled the MAPA secretary.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.