Vol. 9 Núm. 1 (2025): Convocatoria| Dossier: Direitos Humanos e Empresas: normas nacionais e regionais
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Megafusões e concentração no mercado de Insumos agrícolas e Direitos Humanos

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Ana Luiza da Gama e Souza
Universidade Estácio de Sá |Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil
Biografía

Publicado 2026-01-07

Palabras clave

  • Megafusões,
  • Concentração no mercado de insumos agrícolas,
  • Sustentabilidade,
  • Direitos Humanos

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da Gama e Souza, A. L. (2026). Megafusões e concentração no mercado de Insumos agrícolas e Direitos Humanos. Homa Publica - Revista Internacional De Derechos Humanos Y Empresas, 9(1), e:143. Recuperado a partir de https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/HOMA/article/view/45891

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Resumen

O uso de pesticidas na agricultura é questão de saúde pública no Brasil e no mundo. Neste contexto, a hipótese deste artigo é que as megafusões e a alta concentração do mercado de insumos consolidaram estratégia lastreada no negócio de sementes quimicamente dependentes, que são de alto risco para a saúde humana e para o ambiente. Neste sentido, o artigo pretende numa primeira chave investigar empiricamente as práticas no mercado de insumos agrícolas e os impactos destas práticas para os direitos humanos e sustentabilidade e sua relação com as megafusões, utilizando para tanto metodologias da sociologia econômica. A partir dos achados empíricos o artigo avalia então a adequação - dadas as suas peculiaridades – de alguns instrumentos mandatórios para empresas e direitos humanos - com foco nas Diretrizes da OCDE para Empresas Multinacionais sobre Conduta Empresarial Responsável e nos Princípios orientadores das Nações Unidas - para regular as práticas neste mercado. Trata-se de pesquisa inter/multidisciplinar que agrega à investigação normativa, a pesquisa empírica, utilizando conceitos e métodos da sociologia econômica, tendo como objeto as práticas corporativas neste mercado. Como resultado, a pesquisa aponta para insuficiências tanto para proibir o uso de pesticidas na agricultura, garantindo a alimentação adequada e a sustentabilidade ambiental, como por não considerarem as megafusões como prática de alto risco para os direitos humanos e a sustentabilidade.

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