1. GUIDELINES FOR THE COLLECTION OF PESTICIDE USAGE STATISTICS A summary
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2. 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
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3. 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
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4. Role of statistics Representative Comprehensive Objective Reliable
Sustainable
Comparable in time and space
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5. 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.
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6. 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
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7. Any combination is possible
1. Methods of collection
Personal visits
Telephone interviews
Postal surveys ( )
Spraying records from all users of pesticides
Not mentioned
Web application
Indirect methods; FADN, administrative record, technical ratios
Any combination is possible
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8. 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)
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9. 3. Frequency of the survey
New regulation proposes:
Annual for statistics on the placing on the market
5 years-period for usage statistics
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10. 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
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11. 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
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12. 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
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13. 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
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14. 8. The sample
Sampling should aim to select farms from representative numbers within each regional and/or size group.
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15. 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
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16. 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
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17. 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
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18. 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”
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19. Tackling pesticide usage = Tackling any survey
Conclusion
Tackling pesticide usage =
Tackling any survey
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20. GUIDELINES FOR THE COLLECTION OF PESTICIDE USAGE STATISTICS A summary
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