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Decree No. 47.223 creating the Permanent Executive Group of the Inter-Sectoral Strategy aimed at Reducing the Use of Agrochemicals and Supporting Agroecology and Organic Production in the State.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Minas Gerais
Document type
Regulation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Agricultural development Policy/planning Ecological production/organic production Family farming Food sovereignty Food quality control/food safety Toxicity/poisoning Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies Pesticides
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Decree creates the Permanent Executive Group of the Inter-Sectoral Strategy aimed at Reducing the Use of Agro-chemicals and Supporting Agro-ecology and Organic Production in the State. This Inter-Sectoral Strategy aims to: Create unified public policies for the protection and promotion of human health and ecosystems negatively impacted by pesticides; Gradually reduce the access to and use of pesticides in the State, as well as to promote the practice of Agro-ecology and Organic Production; Foster comprehensive health care for populations exposed to agrochemicals; Establish rigid control on packaging and process of collecting, transporting, storing and recycling agro-chemical packaging; Expand research and development projects aimed at providing low toxicological and eco-toxicological technologies capable of addressing the main phytosanitary problems of state agriculture and replacing agrochemicals considered as priorities for the re-evaluation of their use authorizations; Promote, expand and consolidate processes and experiences of access and exchange of knowledge related to low toxicological and eco-toxicological products and processes that contribute to the prevention and control of phytosanitary problems, prioritizing the reduction of dependence on external inputs; etc.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.almg.gov.br

References - Legislation

Implements

Law No. 21.146 creating the State Policy for Agroecology and Organic Production (Peapo).

Legislation | Brazil | 2014

Keyword: Agricultural development, Policy/planning, Ecological production/organic production, Family farming, Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies, Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge, Basic legislation, Urban and peri-urban agriculture, Farming, Food sovereignty, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX