Conscientização quanto ao manuseio e comercialização do Roundup original na cultura de soja em uma grande empresa da cidade de Londrina - PR

Abstract

The growth of world population requires that agriculture increases its productivity and quality, and thereby it causes an intense and frequent use of pesticides. The herbicides are the most used agricultural pesticides in Brazil, because of the practice of tillage, being responsible for more then half of the sales in pesticide resellers. Produced by Monsanto, the Roundup herbicides – which its active ingredient is the glyphosate – are the most used in the world for the control of weeds on crops and represents 30% in volume of all agricultural pesticides used in Brazil. At soybean culture the most sold product from the enterprise that was made this work is the Original Roundup. Thus, the present work had as objective to establish orientations regarding the commercialization process and utilization of the herbicide Original Roundup in the culture of soybean sold by the mentioned enterprise, aiming the labourer health and the environment preservation. The theme contextualization was realized through bibliographic research concerning the steps of commercialization of pesticides, involving storage, sale, transportation, application and reverse logistics of empty packaging, as well as the required protection equipment’s necessary for its steps. Besides, from visitations in the studied place it was raised all of their procedures regarding the pesticides storage deposit and the actions realized by the agronomists of the company via questionnaire. In order to confront the reports of the agronomists, it was chosen to apply the same questionnaire to the external agronomists. As result, the procedures adopted by the enterprise for the commerce of agricultural pesticides, specially the Original Roundup, are satisfactory and most of them are compatible with the standards and present legislation. Using data obtained through questionnaires, generally, it was realized that the agronomists does not instruct enough the farmers about the health and environment care. The permanence of the small farmer during many years in the same activity results in problems related to the use of personal protective equipment, reading of labeling and prescription. Therefore in this work it was confected a primer, that will be given to the farmers as soon as they buy the Original Roundup herbicide, so they can be aware of the health and environment care.