Risk assessment in the application of pesticides with knapsack sprayers in the Conilon coffee crop

Authors

  • Aclécia Gonçalves Batista Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEUNES
  • Edney Leandro da Vitória Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEUNES
  • Bruno Passigatto Ortelan Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEUNES
  • Déborah Hoffmam Crause Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEUNES
  • Élcio das Graça Lacerda Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo, Campus Santa Teresa.

Keywords:

Coffea canephora, Chemical Hazard, Individual Protection

Abstract

In a growing demand scenario for production systems with greater security throughout the agricultural sector, the cultivation of coffee Conilon with use of PPE becomes an indispensable practice for the farmer. The objective of this study was to quantify the exposure of personal protective equipment (PPE) at different points of the human body samples, using the manual and motorized costal sprays taking into account the different application times in a conilon coffee crop (Coffea canephora), along with qualitative assessments of equipment and major pesticide contamination risk simulation used in the coffee culture. Comparing the results of the hand sprayer to the different arms, there is a greater exposure in the left arm, which amount is significant and justified by the greater movement member for pumping the product to the spray nozzle, getting exposed to possible changes while the right arm only moves to direct the jet device. The knapsack sprayer showed that exposure values ​​were high, with higher risk of exposure, both upper and lower limbs. In the motorized equipment increased exposure occurred in the upper limbs, in view of its increased activity in the upper Conilon coffee. The results indicated high risk pesticide application in practice for both the workers and to consumers.

 

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Author Biographies

Aclécia Gonçalves Batista, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEUNES

Graduation in progress in Agronomy. Federal University of Espírito Santo, UFES, Brazil. Has secondary-high school education by EEEFM FRANCISCA PEIXOTO MIGUEL (ES)(2007)

Edney Leandro da Vitória, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEUNES

Graduated in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (1997), Master in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (1999) and PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (2010). He is currently full professor at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Campus São Mateus. In teaching, he teaches Mechanics, Engines and Agricultural Machines for the Agronomy undergraduate course and the Agricultural Defensive Application Technology and Precision Agriculture subjects in the Postgraduate Program in Tropical Agriculture (PPGAT/UFES). Current PPGAT/UFES Coordinator. He develops undergraduate and graduate research. Ad hoc consultant for the magazines: CERES, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Coffee Science, Comunicata and Semina. He has experience in Agricultural Engineering, with emphasis on Agricultural Mechanization, working mainly on the following topics: Agricultural Machines and Implements, Agricultural Defensive Application Technology.

Bruno Passigatto Ortelan, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEUNES

Agronomist graduated from the Federal University of Espírito Santo / Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Campus São Mateus - ES, in 2016.

Déborah Hoffmam Crause, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, CEUNES

She is currently a student at the PPG Tropical Agriculture at the Federal University of Espírito Santo. She has experience in the area of Agronomy, with an emphasis on Agronomy, working mainly on the following topics: application technology, coffea canephora., Droplet distribution, spray tips and uniformity.

Élcio das Graça Lacerda, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo, Campus Santa Teresa.

He holds a degree in Technology in Agronomy with emphasis in Administration from the University Center of Espirito Santo-UNESC (1998). Lato Sensu Post-Graduation in Agricultural Machines from the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA, 2000). Master's degree in animal science line Nutrition of Monogastrics by Centro Universitário Vila Velha (UVV, 2010). PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (2012). He is currently Professor of Machines and Engines and Agricultural Mechanization and Director of Research, Graduate Studies and Extension at IFES Campus Santa Teresa.

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2020-09-17

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Batista, A. G., Vitória, E. L. da, Ortelan, B. P., Crause, D. H., & Lacerda, Élcio das G. (2020). Risk assessment in the application of pesticides with knapsack sprayers in the Conilon coffee crop. Brazilian Journal of Production Engineering, 6(4), 118–130. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufes.br/bjpe/article/view/31357

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Vol. 6 No. 4 (2020): Edição Especial “Tecnologia e Inovação na Agricultura” (Agosto)

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AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

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