Guna Karlsone, CSB of Latvia Pesticide Usage Survey in Latvia MTF 2005 (collecting data: face-to-face interviews) Guna Karlsone, CSB of Latvia

Area of wheat, % of the total area of cereals Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

Sown area of wheat by district Valmiera Limbaži district district Valka district Alūksne district Ventspils Talsi district district Cēsis district Gulbene district Balvi district Rīga Kuldīga Tukums district district district Madona district Ogre district Saldus Liepāja district Dobele Jelgava Rēzekne Ludza Aizkraukle district district district district Bauska district district district Jēkabpils Preiļi district district Sown area, ha 1609 - 2700 Krāslava district 2701 - 4300 Daugavpils district 4301 - 9100 9101 - 17300 17300 - 32044

Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul Sampling design Stratified sampling design Territory by district and wheat growing area are used as stratification variables for sample designe Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul Data collection Done by 25 qualified regional inspectors of SPPS 904 units have been surveyed Reference period –1 August 2006 – 31 July 2007 Survey through personal visits to the farmer Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

Material given to the interviewers Questionnaire List of pesticides used for wheat Guidelines for interviewers Additional training of interviewers at regional sections of SPPS was conducted by project experts Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

Why survey by personal visits Results is better with interview method As interviewers are from SPPS response is very high Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul Difficulties Farmers has changed their plans and not growing wheat Frozen wheat areas have been sown by another crop Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

Difficulties (answers to the questions put to the interviewers by CSB) Owner and at the same time administrator is foreigner and visited Latvia only time after time, in some cases language problem Book-keeper works for more than one farm and it is not possible to meet him at farm As FSS took place recently farmers considered visits were too friquently August is not the best time for interviews because the most of farmers work on combines, telephons are switched off For 4 districts (131 farm) there were no any problems Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul First results Non-response – 3 farms or 0.3% - 2 farms - owners are foreigners (possibility to receive data later by post) - 1 farm – property have been sold Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

Distribution of number of surveyed farms, % Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul Number of surveyed farms and number of farms not applied PPP by regions Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul Conclusions Qualified interviewers - the main precondition for successful implementation of the survey The most of appropriate time should be chosen for interviews The best choice at the moment for interviewers is using of paper questionnaires Application rate of PPP often was lower than recommended but farmers tried apply PPP more then once Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul Next steps Data entry Data processing Analyses of the results Workshop on Pesticide Indicators 2007, Istanbul

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