New technology reduces the amount of pesticides in the plantations – EBC

Created 02/04/15 12h34 and updated in 04/02/15 12h44 For
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A new technology reduces spending on farming and helps reduce the amount of pesticides placed in nature. A researcher at Embrapa created a spray nozzle and a private company has adapted this technology in a machinery.

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It is believed that, in a very short space of time, the country already know and use this new pneumatic spray electrostatic. On this news, the Our Land program, the Amazon National Radio, spoke with Moses Baiochi, agronomist.
Moses Baiochi explained that the equipment is intended exclusively for family farmers. According to him, 70% of the food that Brazil consumes are produced by rural families. Therefore, there is concern that the food arrives at the table clean of Brazilians, free of pesticides, as well as to the health of farmers, who maintain constant contact with agrochemicals.
In this sense, the new technology developed by Embrapa aims to help in the diet of Brazilians, that is free of chemicals, and also farmers, who may have less contact with the product at work.
Agronomist told that the study found that the equipment, made by a researcher at Embrapa, began in the 1980s, which deepened not only in questions about the form of electrification equipment, as well as in a range of other forms of electrification.

After the invention of the nozzle, Embrapa sought since 2013 to patent the invention of the researcher and turn the nozzle in a commercial product, with the intention of it had reached the field and do the “bridge” between research and where the producer will use the equipment.
According to Moses Baiochi, Embrapa is two years studying the technology, looking for improvements in the invention to transform it into a product. The device shows efficiency in the application and spray crops, reducing the amount of pesticides in the plantations

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