DATABASE ON PESTICIDES CONSUMPTION The Statistics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations started the collection of data on consumption of major individual pesticides products about three decades ago. However, the response to the related Pesticides Consumption Annual Questionnaire sent to all member countries was not very encouraging. Therefore, in 1986 in co-operation with the Commission of the European Union, a study was undertaken to find ways to improve the country coverage of the data. The present work of collecting data on groups of pesticides is a result of the recommendations of this study. Data collected earlier have been published in various issues of the Production Yearbook. The present database refers to the quantity of pesticides used in or sold to the agricultural sector expressed in metric tons of active ingredients. Information on quantities applied to single crops is not available. A list of countries for which data are available is included in the Annex.
Data on consumption of pesticides are collected and presented for major groups and sub-groups as follows:
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1. INSECTICIDES |
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2. MINERAL OILS |
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3. HERBICIDES |
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4. FUNGICIDES, BACTERICIDES AND SEED TREATMENTS |
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5. PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS |
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6. RODENTICIDES |
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LIMITATIONS OF THE DATABASE
A strict inter-country comparison on the basis of the database is not feasible because :
LIST OF COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN THE DATABASE ON PESTICIDES CONSUMPTION
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AFRICA |
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For additional information please contact:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);
Statistical Analysis Service (ESSA), Statistics Division;
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy;
Tel (39 6) 570-54127 Fax (39 6) 570-55615;
E-mail: Loganaden.Naiken@FAO.Org