State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL 2005 Transition Facility Programme PESTICIDES USE SURVEY IN LITHUANIA Danguolė Krepštulienė, Statistics Lithuania Darius Baškys, State Plant Protection Service

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  improvement of methodology for pesticide statistics collection in the perspective of the further practical implementation of the proposed Regulation on Pesticide Statistics  consolidation of administrative networks of Satistics Lithuania and State Plant Protection Service

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL INVOLVED PARTIES  Statistics Lithuania (SL) is the institution organising the survey in the country.  State Plant Protection Service (SPPS) participates in the project as a partner.

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL ACTIONS PLANNED  Establishment of a Working Group involving specialists of SL and SPPS in the field of pesticide statistics  Implementation of Countrywide Plant Protection Usage Data Collection Survey on Winter Wheat  Participation in the workshops organized within the framework of the project  Submitting the final report and results to Eurostat

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT BY SL  Identification of farm population for the survey  Preparation of the sampling methodology and selection of farms for the sample survey  Statistical analysis of the collected data  Evaluation of accuracy of the obtained estimates  Preparation and submission of the final report to Eurostat

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT BY SPPS  Preparation of the sampling methodology  Designing and testing of the questionnaire  Selection and training of interviewers  Sample survey on farms using an interview mode  Checking questionable data  Data processing and analysis  Preparation of the final report

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL FURURE PLANS (IF PESTICIDE STATISTICS REGULATION COMES INTO FORCE  SL and SPPS have already had a joint meeting and discussions at the Ministry of Agriculture  Meeting outcomes : - to continue institutional cooperation and information exchange; - to follow pesticide regulation developments and to start actions only when regulation comes into force; - first steps if regulation comes into force: to distribute responsibilities and to find funding at national level (Government Decree).

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL SAMPLING METHODOLOGY  Sampling frame – IACS, farms growing wheat  Population size: N=  Sample unit – farm  Sample size farms  Startified simple random sample  Survey crop season – 2005/6

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL SURVEY MODE: FACE -TO-FACE INTERVIEWS  22 State plant protection inspectors (interviewers) were trained to collect data on farms by an interview mode.  The number of interviews for each inspector is different depending on his inspection zones

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL - 22 State Plant Protection Inspectors interview 500 farms - The control zone for one inspector is two district municipalities

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL PROGRESS TO DATE  Questionnaire prepared and tested  Interviewers selected and trained  National sampling methodology prepared and farms selected  Data collection by an interview mode is in progress and will be finished in the end of September

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS USE ON WINTER WHEAT IN 2005/6  (Data are totally confidential and shall be used for the survey puposes in summarized form only)  Municipality number, Interviewer code, Questionnaire code  Registration No _____  (date and place)  Respondent farm  (enterprise name / farmer’s name and surname)  (enterprise/farm registration address)

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL I. GENERAL INFORMATION (QUESTIONNAIRE) 1. Total farm size _________ha 2. Total winter wheat (wheat) grown area_________ha 3. Address of the basic 1 wheat grown area (indicate place and municipality) 4. Wheat kinds and total area of the basic (survey) wheat grown area (ha) ? 5. Meteorological conditions for growing of wheat were: favourable / unfavourable, why? 6. Use of plant protection products (products) on wheat comparing to annual average was: higher / as usual / lower; why?

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL I. GENERAL INFORMATION (QUESTIONNAIRE) cont. 7. Use of plant protection products on wheat:  Not used (then part II. Technical information does not have to be completed)  Registered ecological farm  Professional use products are used 8. General information on use of plant protection products:  Person responsible for products and spraying has agronomical degree or plant protection course graduation certificate  Good records keeping of the products used (  use records journal for the completion of part II “Technical information”)  Sprayer used on farm with tank capacity more then 30 litres  Sprayer has a valid inspection certificate

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL II. TECHNICAL INFORMATION (data of plant protection products use on basic 1 wheat grown area)  Basic area (ha)  Application date  Application stage: pre-drilling soil (seed) preparation /phenological crop growth stage  Product name  Application: - Rate (kg,l / ha, t) - Quantity (kg, l)

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL II. TECHNICAL INFORMATION (data of plant protection products use on basic 1 wheat grown area)  Application of product mix: yes / no  Application type (seed treatment, spraying, etc.)  Water volume used (l/ha - spraying; or l/t – seed treatment)  Demand for the product use comparing to annual average (higher, as usual, lower)  Application targets (name main pests, diseases or weeds)

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL II. TECHNICAL INFORMATION (data of plant protection products use on basic 1 wheat grown area)  Respondent (name and surname, position, signature)  Interviewer (name and surname, signature)  Definition: - Basic 1 - wheat grown area on farm (field or sum of fields) where the same plant protection products were used identically (the same application rate, quantity, etc.)

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL EXPERIENCE: PILOT SURVEY 2004/5 PROBLEMS SPECIFIC TO DATA COLLECTION ON WHEAT FARMS  When farm records are poor, it is more difficult to get high quality data (interview).  The Lithuanian farm record form does not include the point on crop stage when PPP are used (more difficult to get accurate data).  Human factor (farmer’s or interviewer’s errors).

State Plant Protection Service 26 September 2007 ISTAMBUL Thank you for your attention