Relevant aspects of inspection of agricultural sprays: Impacts on the accuracy of pesticides spraying

Abstract

The need to increase production in agricultural areas, the concern for healthier food and reduce environmental contamination makes the use of pesticides increasingly technical and with accurate application. In this sense, there is a need for agricultural sprayer inspection projects to be intensified in Brazil, taking account that in the countries of European Union, these inspections are carried out in a mandatory form. In this way, in order to obtain the accuracy of pesticide applications, in Europe the EN 13790 standard was established, which later allowed the ISO 16122 to be generated. This norm establishes the requirements and methods for the necessary verification in the sprayers inspections, which refers to mainly to the state of conservation of the sprayer in relation to the safety of the operators, potential risk of environmental contamination and ways to optimize the applications. Therefore, the aim of this review was described the importance of agricultural sprayers inspection and their most relevant aspects, which are directly related to the spraying accuracy of pesticides. Considering the positive results found in the European countries, it can be concluded that it is necessary that the methodology used be disseminated in order to intensify its use, which will be of fundamental importance to standardize the method of agricultural sprayers inspections in Brazil. fundamental importância para padronizar o método das inspeções de pulverizadores agrícolas no Brasil.