Produtores do Paraguai ameaçam fazer greve por restrições a produtos de proteção de cultivos

Matt Hopkins Postado por Matt Hopkins|29 de junho de 2009

Growers in Paraguay are fighting potential new restrictions on which crop protection products they can use, reports Farm Futures. Saying it will be impossible to comply with the decrees made by regulators, farm groups are hoping for a new law. Although there’s been no legislative decision yet, growers are threatening to strike against the original law, and launch tractor-convoy protests similar to those recently held in Argentina over taxes deemed unfair by growers.

Under the new law, herbicide spraying would be limited to at least 100 yards from waterways, wetlands, roads and populated areas. According to growers, the toughest rule would be an environmental impact statement, which must be approved prior to spraying. Written notice of crop protection product use would also be required to residents, along with announcements on local radio and television channels at least 24 hours in advance. In addition, the decree would require that an official from the agricultural health and quality service be present at the time of spraying at the farmer’s cost.

Paraguayan producers want the pesticide use rules straightened out before soybean planting starts in October.

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