DuPont and Tchê Produtos Agrícolas hold an educational event in the city of Buritis, Minas Gerais

In partnership with Tchê Produtos Agrícolas, DuPont Crop Protection promoted another edition of the program on the 31st DuPont School, held at municipal schools João da Pena Lobo and Santa Luzia, both located in the district of Serra Bonita, in the municipality of Buritis (MG). The educational meeting involved almost 280 students from early childhood education and from the 1st to the 9th year of elementary school, as well as teachers, school directors and representatives of the Municipal Department of Education.

A socio-environmental platform program Safety and Health in the Field, sponsored by DuPont, with national coverage, DuPont School is aimed at students and educators from schools located in agricultural regions. The initiative encourages the appreciation of agriculture and agro-environmental sustainability. The agenda of events covers lectures, debates, exhibitions, thematic video screenings, educational activities and games and competitions from the project's official magazine, called Meu Hérói, o Agricultor.

The socio-environmental platform Safety and Health in the Field It is also made up of four other projects: DuPont Women in the Field, DuPont University, DuPont Correct and Safe Use and DuPont Nature. According to DuPont, this set of programs has already benefited more than 1,3 million people in recent years, in the main agricultural regions of Brazil.

In 2017, the DuPont School Program's central themes were the rational use of water and energy and clean and sustainable energy matrices, according to DuPont's general manager of Product Safety and Environment, Felipe Ramos.

Commercial representatives André Caetano de Morais and Romeu Santos were the coordinators of the Buritis event.