Flávio Hirata

More and more players are willing to take risks in a very uncertain path to the biggest global pesticide market.

“Once again, partnerships between foreign and local companies have been increasingly critical for success in agribusiness.”

Registrations in Brazil have always been a challenge, especially for companies seeking to expand their product portfolios. In addition to…

For decades before the 1980s, Brazilian agriculture was recognized as a sleeping giant with vast potential and a promising future,…

Endosulfan Uses and Replacement Products Crops Replacement Products Registered Brands Registrants Coffee Chlorpyrifos EC 1 3 2 1 2 1…

Key Technical Product Registrations* Fungicides tebuconazole, flutriafol, mancozeb, carbendazim Herbicides hexazinone, picloram, 2,4-D, glyphosate, nicosulfuron Insecticides imidacloprid, lambda-cyhalothrin Plant Growth…

Brazilian pesticides legislation is one of the strictest in the world, where registration submissions have a very careful and detailed…

The access to the world’s largest pesticides markets (in sales values) is restricted and costly due to the difficulties in…

Brazil has become the powerhouse that everyone has been waiting for. The country’s agribusiness has taken the lead in pesticide…

The Brazilian pesticide market is known worldwide as very attractive, due to high sales volumes (US $4.2 billion in 2005…

Alternative sources of energy have been developed as cheaper, cleaner alternatives to nonrenewable fossil fuels that reduce global warming and…

The publication of Federal Decree 5981 / 2006 on the registration of pesticides by equivalency in December 2006 resulted in…

In 2007, Brazilian agribusiness growth rates outperformed the Brazilian gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.89%, totaling US $359 billion….

Top Five Crop Markets, Brazil    Sugarcane sets the pace in profitability without massive devaluation.  Crop Total Pesticide Sales Increase (1999-2005)…