PESTICIDE USAGE SURVEY IN TURKEY T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK PESTICIDE USAGE SURVEY IN TURKEY 2nd Joint Workshop on Pesticide Indicators (13-14 September 2007 – İstanbul) Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group

27 million ha of utilized agricultural land Introduction 3 million farms with average size of 6,1 hectares (Recent census of Agriculture’ 2001) 27 million ha of utilized agricultural land Arable land: 23,8 million Permanent crops: 2,7 million Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group

490 registered active ingredients About 3000 products T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK In 2005 490 registered active ingredients About 3000 products 160 companies have licence for pesticides 40 companies have licence for plant regulation products Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group

Pesticide Use Statistics T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK Pesticide Use Statistics Pesticides sales data are collected by MARA. Registered firms should declare their amount of production, import and export of plant protection products at active substance level annually to MARA (requested by Law No. 6968 on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine). Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group 4 4

Pesticide Use Statistics T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK Pesticide Use Statistics Pesticides sales statistics cover placing of the market of the products in detail of: Insecticides Fungicides Herbicides Other It is published within the Summary of Agricultural Statistics annually Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group 18.09.2007 5 5

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Pesticide Usage Pilot Survey T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK Pesticide Usage Pilot Survey The selected crops for the pilot survey are following: Wheat Potatoes Tomatoes Peach Long green pepper (Under cover vegetable cultivation) Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group

260 agricultural holdings will be surveyed T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK Sample selection 260 agricultural holdings will be surveyed Wheat – 75 holdings good practice – 25 holdings bad practice Potatoes – 75 holdings good practice Tomatoes – 20 holdings Peach – 20 holdings Long green pepper – 20 holdings (Under cover vegetable cultivation) Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group

Criterias in sample selection T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK Criterias in sample selection Good practice agricultural holdings > 5 ha arable land Bad practice agricultural holdings < 5 ha arable land First three provinces have highest production %20 non-response rate considered (total 315 agricultural holdings will be surveyed) Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group

Part : Holding information Part : Seed treatment T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK Questionnaire Part : Holding information Part : Seed treatment Part : PPP application wheat.xls Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group

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Implementation of the pilot survey (September – October 2007) T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK Planned activities Implementation of the pilot survey (September – October 2007) Analysis of the results (October – November 2007) Starting to prepare final report (December 2007 - ) Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department Agricultural Statistics Group

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