pesticides. These products are often described by industry bodies as more toxic than those legally traded or as ineffective … in Brazil, based on a dataset with 3,690 observations, drawn from information about confiscated pesticides in forensic … pesticide smuggling is probably small when compared to the volume of pesticides consumed in Brazil; there is no evidence that …

(85 %) had inappropriately handled pesticides, mainly through, unsafe storage (23 %), unsafe disposal of leftover in … gear (68 %), or overdosed pesticides (27 %). However, majority of those farmers were aware of the risks of pesticide use …, with over 81 % expressing the view that pesticides have harmful effects on human health, livestock, beneficial arthropods …

, further restrictions on the range of pesticides available may cause increased use of alternatives (with potential for …

of price changes in agricultural inputs to be broken into stages. An effective 100 percent charge on pesticides goes …