Italo Delalibera, University of São Paulo - BR

Brazilian agriculture has been undergoing significant transformations that have increased productivity and efficiency due to technological innovations based on advances in artificial intelligence, automated machines, robotics, 5G, and IoT applied to digital agriculture. One of the areas of most remarkable change has been the large-scale adoption of biological control, fostering the transition to more sustainable agriculture. The large-scale adoption of biological control to manage pests, diseases, and nematodes is due to many factors. A regulatory system has facilitated microbial solutions to provide alternatives to organic agriculture or replace synthetic pesticides. Procedures and legislation have been implemented to meet the unique requirements of biopesticides and to speed up the registration process. Universities and Science and technology institutes have played an important role in developing new products and processes through partnerships with startups, small and medium-sized local companies. These changes have brought greater diversification of new technologies, of comparatively low toxicity, to the farmers. The new biological solutions offer opportunities to reduce the impacts of agriculture on the environment. High adoption of microbial control into field crops and cereals is being observed. Although the market for biopesticides is still small, the future is promising.

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