REFLEXOS DA COMMODITIZAÇÃO NA REGULAMENTAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE AGROTÓXICOS

Abstract

The proposed research starts from the historical rescue of the process of commoditization of Brazilian agriculture, a strategy transplanted to Brazil since the 1960s, under various justifications, among which, to end hunger in the world and modernize agriculture, to demonstrate how the reflections of this process interferes with the form of regulations on pesticides in the country. Therefore, this work aims to identify how the commoditization strategy, which was designed for Latin America and which has placed Brazil as the world’s breadbasket, encourages the use of pesticides and results in socio-environmental problems, with the consequent relaxation of Brazilian legislation on products that pose risks to health and the environment. The research is qualitative, of social constructivist approach, by the method of bibliographic and documentary research. This modernization resulted, among other things, in the intensive use of pesticides and the consequent easing of legislation on the subject, which tends to adopt even more flexible measures causing socio-environmental problems, generating risks to health and the environment.