GUIDELINES FOR THE COLLECTION OF PESTICIDE USAGE STATISTICS A summary Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

Sound information on changes in use over time Rationale Growing demand within the EC for meaningful and accurate statistics on pesticide use Target of EC’s 5th and 6th Environmental Action Programme; “further reduce impact of pesticides on human health and the environment, in particular from plant protection products used in agriculture” Sound information on changes in use over time Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

Specific Pesticide Usage Survey Key problem Reduction in volume is meaningless with regard to risk if new active substances have lower rates per hectare reductions in the weight, not in reduction of use or risk. Impact assessment with traditional Sales statistics and their reductions in weight used is less meaningful Specific Pesticide Usage Survey Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

Role of statistics Representative Comprehensive Objective Reliable Sustainable Comparable in time and space Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

New regulation Main objective of the new Regulation is; To ensure that comparable data are collected In all the Member States Calculate harmonised risk indicators Measure the progress made; Sustainable use of plant protection products Throughout the Community. Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

Chapters in the manual 1. Methods of collection 2. Defining the crops to be surveyed 3. Frequency of surveys (see 10) 4. Data requirements 5. Sample selection 6. Establishing a regional breakdown 7. Establishing farm size groups 8. Establishing the sample 9. Producing national estimates 10. Defining the survey period 11. Additional information 12. Pesticide classification Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

Any combination is possible 1. Methods of collection Personal visits Telephone interviews Postal surveys (e-mail) Spraying records from all users of pesticides Not mentioned Web application Indirect methods; FADN, administrative record, technical ratios Any combination is possible Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

2. Selection of crops (see 4.) 4 Selection criteria Variation in importance of crop by area grown (ha) Variation in importance of crop by area treated (ha) (sum of number of treatments) Variation in importance of crop by weight of pesticide (active substance) applied (ton) Variation in importance of crop by average rate of pesticide use (kg/treated ha) Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

3. Frequency of the survey New regulation proposes: Annual for statistics on the placing on the market 5 years-period for usage statistics Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

4. Data requirements (see 2.) Making any survey worthwhile, minimum number of parameters required Essential data to collect for each Crop; Area grown The product applied Amount used or rate of application Area treated Important, not essential: Biological control method, Timing Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

5. Sampling For a sound sample we need true population Census Farm register Sampling should initially be stratified by region (see 6.) The sampling unit may be: Farm single crop on a farm field of a particular crop a field Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

Must aggregate to administrative (NUTS) regions and National levels 6. Regional breakdown Regionalisation is only useful for cross comparison; Between (similar) regions in the country Between (similar) regions with other countries With other statistics (e.g. FSS/Census, FADN, Production, EAA) Breakdown in; Homogeneity in land use and climate pressures Areas of similar agro-environmental characteristics Must aggregate to administrative (NUTS) regions and National levels Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

7. Farm size groups Not comparable Pesticide usage may (assumption) vary with farm size on the same crop due to; Equipment used Administration Trained staff Economic/Financial Classification; Land use e.g. 5 size classes ESU (1200 Euro) Not comparable Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

8. The sample Sampling should aim to select farms from representative numbers within each regional and/or size group. Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

9. National estimates Average use per hectare for each pesticide on each crop (within each region) Multiplying this by the total area grown (within each region) If stratified by size A raising factor for each cell, which is equal to the total area of farms within that cell divided by the total area of farms sampled within that cell Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

11. Additional information Countries should consider which aspects of the demands outlined in the introductory section are of most relevance Consider collecting any further information Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

11. Additional information Crop type Variety Crop stage Formulation and method of application Spray round Target species or reason for use Crop rotation Drilling method Sowing date & harvest date Crop covers Mulches Age of crop Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

12. Pesticide classification To allow meaningful comparisons of usage data between countries (regions, other surveys etc.) pesticides should be classified into; Fungicides Herbicides Insecticides Molluscicides Growth regulators “Other pesticides” Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

Tackling pesticide usage = Tackling any survey Conclusion Tackling pesticide usage = Tackling any survey Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005

GUIDELINES FOR THE COLLECTION OF PESTICIDE USAGE STATISTICS A summary Multi-Beneficiary Transition Fascility and Statistical Cooperation programme 2005