Brazil Fails to Launch Long-Awaited Pesticide Reduction Plan

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A worker applies fungicide after harvesting soybeans in Campo Mourão, in the Central-West Region of Paraná, Brazil, October 14, 2021. © 2021 Francisco Seco/AP Photo The Brazilian government failed to follow through on its commitment to enact a National Pesticide Reduction Program on International Pesticide Free Day today. Brazil is among the top consumers of pesticides in the world, many of which are highly hazardous.Though the original plan was drafted in 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária,…

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