BRAZIL-ECONOMY-AGRICULTURE-ENVIRONMENT-PESTICIDES

Agronomist Adriano Cruvinel inspects the soybean plantation at one of the plots of the Bom Jardim Lagoano farm in the municipality of Montividiu, Goias State, Brazil, on January 22, 2024. The use of biopesticides is an incipient practice in Brazil, an agricultural giant that has relied heavily on GM crops and chemical pesticides, of which it is the largest global consumer. In 2021, it consumed 719,507 tons, 20% of the total traded in the world, according to FAO, the UN agriculture agency. (Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images)