The federal government published on Wednesday 15 a normative instruction with rules on definitions, requirements, specifications, guarantees, tolerances, registration, packaging and labeling of organic fertilizers and biofertilizers intended for agriculture. The objective of the text, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, is to improve the legal provision for granting registrations of organic fertilizers and biofertilizers, to establish faster and more efficient procedures and to include parameters appropriate to technological changes. Regarding the registration of biofertilizers, due to the fact that several products have been developed and introduced in crops, the improvement in the definition of parameters in the legislation stands out. This includes the possibility of declaring humic and fulvic acids, amino acids, plant extracts and algae extracts, in certain minimum quantities, which guarantee agronomic efficiency and improved handling to achieve the quality of the products and foods in which they will be used. In addition, the instruction adapts the various standards of organic minerals fertilizers, making the legal instrument more suitable for product registration and increasing objectivity and clarity for consumers of these fertilizers. “According to information from the Brazilian Association of Technology in Plant Nutrition (Abisolo), organic fertilizers, organic minerals, biofertilizers and special fertilizers had a turnover of R$ 7.6 billion in 2018, comprising a universe of 504 companies registered with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, which employ around 20 thousand workers directly”, says the coordinator of Fertilizers, Inoculants and Corrective of the Secretariat of Agricultural Defense, Hideraldo Coelho.
Source: Globo Rural