GIS applied to agriclimatological zoning and agrotoxin residue monitoring in tomatoes: A case study in Espírito Santo state, Brazil

• Published in: Journal of environmental management Vol. 166; pp. 429 - 439
• Main Authors: dos Santos, Gleissy Mary Amaral Dino Alves, dos Santos, Alexandre Rosa, Teixeira, Luciano José Quintão, Saraiva, Sérgio Henriques, Freitas, Deivid França, Pereira, Olavo dos Santos, Ribeiro, Carlos Antonio Alvares Soares, Lorenzon, Alexandre Simões, Eugenio, Fernando Coelho, Neves, Antônio Augusto, de Queiroz, Maria Eliana Lopes Ribeiro, Scherer, Rodrigo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.01.2016; Academic Press Ltd
• Subjects: Agricultural ecosystems; Brazil; Climate change; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; Crops; Crops, Agricultural; Ecosystem; Environmental Monitoring; Espirito Santo Brazil; Food Analysis - methods; Food Contamination - analysis; Food security; Geographic Information Systems; Geotechnology; Global Warming; Health; Lycopersicon esculentum; Multiresidue analysis; Municipalities; Residues; Terrestrial ecosystems; Tomatoes; Vigilance; Zoning; Brazil; Espirito Santo Brazil; ASW, Brazil, Espirito Santo; Brazil, Para; Global warming; Geotechnology; Health; Multiresidue analysis
• ISSN: 0301-4797; 1095-8630
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.10.040

Searches related to global warming have provided important insights into the response of terrestrial ecosystems, but few have examined the impacts on agricultural crops, particularly those associated with the monitoring of agrotoxin residues. In this context, the agriclimatological zoning is an important tool in the planning and consolidation of crops and should be considered in any initiative that involves such planning. This tool is particularly important in the analysis of agrotoxin residues and may be applied by the Program Analysis of Agrotoxin Residues in Food (PARA) created by the National Health Vigilance Agency of Brazil (ANVISA), which enables greater food security and contributes to the improvement of human health. The aim of this study was to elaborate the current and future agriclimatological zoning for the tomato crop, relating it with the monitoring of samples collected by PARA in Espírito Santo State, Brazil. The results indicate that a temperature increase of 5 °C creates a decrease in apt areas from 37.3% to 4.3%, for a total reduction of 33 percentage points (−88.5%). It is noted that of the 41 producing municipalities, only 26 have apt areas greater than 50%, highlighting the municipalities with apt areas greater than 90%, represented by Mantenópolis (100%), Guaçuí (98.5%), São José do Calçado (97.8%), Irupi (94.4%), Santa Teresa (92.3%), and Marechal Floriano (91.4%). The veracity of agriclimatological zoning is proved by a Kendall rank correlation coefficient of 0.876, indicating that the distribution of the variables of apt areas and productivity are similar at the significance level of 0.05 with a confidence interval 95%. After validation of the agriclimatological zoning for the tomato crop, it is recommended that the PARA should monitor 36 municipalities rather than the current 18, representing an increase of 100%. The methodology can be adjusted to agricultural crops of other countries. [Display omitted] •Agriclimatological zoning for tomato crop considering global warming.•Indication of suitable areas for monitoring of agrotoxin residues.•The temperature increase affect the development of tomato crop.•Reduction suitable areas for monitoring of agrotoxin residues with global warming.•The proposed methodology can be adapted to areas of other countries.