IIAP alerts Amazonian communities about risks of pesticides and promotes safe alternatives

The Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP) alerted the communities of Astoria and San José de Lupuna, in the Loreto region, about the presence of pesticides in their crops and explained, in a clear and accessible manner, how these products can affect health and ecosystems. The Environmental Education Research Circle of the IIAP was in charge of the talk. In each community, located in the basins of the Amazon and Nanay rivers, the specialists offered a workshop on bioinputs and biofertilizers. They showed alternatives that families can prepare and apply without risks, and answered questions about soil and crop care. Symbolic planting in San José de Lupuna This action was developed for the World No Pesticide Use Day (December 3) and the World Soil Day (December 5). For the World Soil Day, the IIAP developed a special activity in the Native Community San José de Lupuna, where a symbolic planting of Amazonian ...