Three-bestseller pesticides in Brazil: Freshwater concentrations and potential environmental risks

EM Brovini, BCT de Deus, JA Vilas-Boas… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural production in Brazil is favored by weather conditions and by the large amount of
available land. Therefore, currently, Brazil is the second largest exporter of agricultural …

Economically motivated food fraud and adulteration in Brazil: Incidents and alternatives to minimize occurrence

CS Tibola, SA da Silva, AA Dossa… - Journal of food …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Brazil is one of the world's largest food producers. Adulteration of foods is often reported and
represent an important potential threat to food safety. Because of this, reduction of the …

Expansion of no-tillage practice in conservation agriculture in Brazil

R Fuentes-Llanillo, TS Telles, DS Junior… - Soil and Tillage …, 2021 - Elsevier
Brazil is one of the countries in which the practice of No-Tillage (NT) has been most widely
implemented as one of the three fundamental ecological principles of Conservation …

The contributions of public policies for strengthening family farming and increasing food security: The case of Brazil

II Berchin, NA Nunes, WS de Amorim, GAA Zimmer… - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Ensuring food security is one of the main challenges of the 21st century in developing
countries. The aim of this study is to analyze how public policies contribute to the …

Levels of potentially toxic and essential elements in Tocantins River sediment: Health risks at Brazil's Savanna-Amazon interface

T Machado da Silva Acioly, M Francisco da Silva… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The field study aims to address identified research gaps by providing valuable information
on the concentration, spatial distribution, pollution levels, and source apportionment of toxic …

First monitoring of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in freshwater from fish farms in Rondônia state, Brazil

MM de Lima Pinheiro, BLT Santos, JV Dantas Filho… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The main aimed of this study was to evaluate the physicochemical parameters, abundance
and density of cyanobacteria, determine their blooms and the ecotoxicological risk of their …

Use of Jatropha and Moringa oils for lubricants: metalworking fluids more environmental-friendly

MC de Souza, JF de Souza Gonçalves… - Industrial crops and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The search for more sustainable products has been motivating the metal-mechanic sector to
replace its mineral-based lubricants with renewable products. The great demand for …

Impacto das práticas agrícolas conservacionistas na produtividade da terra e no lucro dos estabelecimentos agropecuários brasileiros

RM Fortini, MJ Braga, CO Freitas - Revista de Economia e Sociologia …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
O artigo analisa os efeitos da adoção das práticas conservacionistas na produtividade e no
lucro dos estabelecimentos agropecuários brasileiros. A partir dos microdados do Censo …

The role of urban agriculture technologies in transformation toward participatory local urban planning in rafsanjan

M Farhangi, S Farhangi, PCH van de Vlasakker… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
The agricultural sector in developing countries is one of the most vulnerable sectors to
climate change and water scarcity. Iran is one Middle Eastern country facing a growing …

Tradeoffs to manage sustainable systems of grain production in tropical soils

EM Mattiello, GF de Castro, BA da Silva… - Soil and Tillage …, 2024 - Elsevier
Long-term sustainability of intensive cropping systems in tropical soils depends on
strategies to reconcile grain output, cover crops to maximize biomass yield for soil mulching …