Use of pesticides in agriculture
Compiler: Natural Resources Institute Finland
Statistics homepage: http://stat.luke.fi/en/tilasto/4083
Main topic: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): No
European Statistical System (ESS): Yes
Description
The statistics describe the use of pesticides in the farming of the most important agricultural and horticultural crops in Finland.
Content
The statistics contain data on the use of pesticides on the following crops: spring and winter wheat, rye, malting barley, other types of barley, oats, rape and turnip rape, food potatoes and food-industry potatoes, sugar beets, grassland for feed cultivation (not pasture), peas, cabbages, carrots, food onions, strawberries, currants (black, green, red and white) and apples.
Categories
Crops, pesticide groups.
Data collection and sources
Crop-specific information on the amounts of pesticides used and their application areas is collected from farmers during the harvest survey and horticultural enterprise survey. The available pesticide products and their active ingredient concentrations are sourced from the Plant Protection Product Register maintained by the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes).
Update frequency
The statistics are compiled at intervals of about five years.
Preparation and publication schedule
The statistics are published during the year after information collection.
Time series
The statistics were first compiled based on information for 2013.
Keywords
plant protection, plant protection product, pesticide, outdoor cultivation, fruit growing, plant protection, plant production, oats, agriculture, malting barley, berry growing, herbage crops, barley, apple trees, arable crops, potatoes, horticulture, rape, feed barley, rye, food potatoes, turnip rape, wheat, vegetable growing, cereals
Contact details
Name: Mattila, Pasi
Tel. +358 40 577 6026
