Sustainability Research - Sustainable Food and

Agriculture; Recent Findings in Sustainable Food

and Agriculture Described by Researchers from
University of Brasilia (Brazilian Legislation
Leaning Towards Fast Registration of Biological
Control Agents To Benefit Organic Agriculture)
Publication info: Medical Patent Law Weekly ; Atlanta [Atlanta]15 May 2019: 473.

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2019 MAY 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Patent Law Weekly -- Data detailed on
Sustainability Research - Sustainable Food and Agriculture have been presented. According to news reporting
originating in Brasilia, Brazil, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Brazil is one of the main users of chemical
pesticides in the world. These products threaten human and environmental health, and many of them are
prohibited in countries other than Brazil."
Financial supporters for this research include Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico
(CNPq), Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES).
The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Brasilia, "This paradigm exists in
contrast with worldwide efforts to make the need for food production compatible with biodiversity conservation,
preservation of ecosystem services, and human health. In this scenario, the development of sustainable methods
for crop production and pest management such as organic agriculture and biological control are necessary.
Herein, we describe how the process of registration of natural enemy-based products in organic agriculture is
simpler and faster than the conventional route of chemical insecticides and can favor the development of the
biological control market in Brazil. Since the regulatory mechanisms have been established in Brazil for organic
agriculture, the number of biological control products registered has increased exponentially. Today, 50 companies
and associations are marketing 16 species/isolates and 95 natural enemy-based products. Although this scenario
presents a series of new opportunities to increase and stimulate a more sustainable agriculture in the country,
biological control is not always aligned with the aims and philosophy of organic agriculture and agroecology."
According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Therefore, we also argue that new research efforts are
needed on understanding how conservation biological control strategies can be integrated with augmentation
biological control to promote a sustainable agriculture under the concepts of organic agriculture and agroecology."
For more information on this research see: Brazilian Legislation Leaning Towards Fast Registration of Biological
Control Agents To Benefit Organic Agriculture. Neotropical Entomology, 2019;48(2):175-185. Neotropical
Entomology can be contacted at: Entomological Soc Brasil, Caixa Postal 481, 86001-970 Londrina, Pr, Brazil.
(Springer - www.springer.com; Neotropical Entomology - www.springerlink.com/content/1519-566x/)
Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting P.H.B. Togni,
University of Brasilia, Institute of Science Biology, Dept. of Ecology, Brasilia, Df, Brazil. Additional authors for this
research include M. Venzon, A.C.G. Lagoa and E.R. Sujii. and can be your direct source for a journal article and its
citation.
Keywords for this news article include: Brasilia, Brazil, South America, Legal Issues, Sustainability Research,

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Researchers from University of Brasilia (Brazilian Legislation Leaning Towards Fast Registration of Biological
Control Agents To Benefit Organic Agriculture). Medical Patent Law Weekly. May 15, 2019; p 473.

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Subject: Research; Sustainable agriculture; Researchers; Patent law; Legislation; Food;

Registration; Entomology; Sustainability

Location: South America Brazil

Company / organization: Name: University of Brasilia; NAICS: 611310

Identifier / keyword: Brasilia Brazil South America Legal Issues Sustainability Research Sustainable Food
and Agricultu re

Publication title: Medical Patent Law Weekly; Atlanta

First page: 473

Publication year: 2019

Publication date: May 15, 2019

Publisher: NewsRx

Place of publication: Atlanta

Country of publication: United States, Atlanta

Publication subject: Medical Sciences

ISSN: 15515230

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Language of publication: English

Document type: News

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