Cyanide on Tomato Farms Kills 15 Elephants in Kenya’s Amboseli
Amboseli elephant deaths: fifteen died in a month from cyanide in pesticides sprayed on neighbouring tomato farms, Kenya Wildlife Service...
July 31, 2026Topic
pesticides
Brazil: After skyrocketing prices, rice sales stall; lead to surplus stock
After a leap in sales in Brazil, exports and in prices in 2020, rice, the great "villain" of inflation that...
January 24, 2022
Meet Ana Primavesi, agroecology pioneer in Brazil
When it comes to the developments of agroecology in Brazil, one cannot help introducing Ana Maria Primavesi and her legacy...
October 16, 2021
Brazil President Bolsonaro issues decree providing faster authorization for pesticides
Although the current law foresees a period of 120 days for authorizing or rejecting the use of new pesticides, in...
October 9, 2021
Fruits exported by Brazil carry pesticides banned in Europe to German tables
Test conducted at the request of Greenpeace with Brazilian foods sold in four German cities found 35 substances, 11 of...
June 9, 2021
Brazil Shown to Be Largest Global Consumer of Pesticides
The use of agro-chemicals in Brazil grew by more than 162 percent from 2000 to 2012.
May 5, 2015