The (dis)coordination of policies regarding the Brazilian pesticide industry

The Brazilian pesticide industry evolution has been supported by agriculture and industrial policies. Their main objective has been the stimulus of pesticide consumption. The policies aiming to create production facilities in Brazil were insufficient due to: import substitution policies limitations; and the logic of factories location by the multinational companies, which control the world pesticide market. The creation of a stricter regulation on pesticides has been a focus of tension and disarticulation of policies as the consumption and demand of registra- tion applications have increased. The objective of this article is to discuss the insufficiency or lack of coordination of different policies that fall upon the Brazilian pesticide industry. It is proposed then a coordination strategy aiming at promoting and combining sustainability and competitiveness conditions, through the stimulus of technological innovation.