Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 PESTICIDES USE SURVEY IN LITHUANIA SURVEY CROP – WINTER WHEAT Danguolė Krepštulienė, Statistics Lithuania Darius Baškys, State Plant Protection Service PHARE

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 THE INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH CONCERNING SURVEYORS The Statistics Lithuania (SL) is survey organizing institution in country The State Plant Protection Service (SPPS) participate in the project as a partner WHEAT

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 THE MAIN PROJECT ACTIVITIES CARRIED TO BE OUT BY SL: Identification of farms 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 WHEAT

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 THE MAIN PROJECT ACTIVITIES CARRIED TO BE OUT BY SPPS: Preparation of the sampling methodology Designing and testing of the questionnaire Selection and training of interviewers Sample survey via interview on farm Checking doubtful data Data processing and analysis Preparation of the final report WHEAT

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 FURURE PLANS IF PESTICIDE STATISTICS REGULATION WILL COME INTO FORCE SL and SPPS already had a joint meeting and discussions at the Ministry of agriculture Meeting outcomes was: - to continue institutional cooperation and information exchange -to follow pesticide regulation developments and to start actions only when regulation will come into force -first steps if regulation is in force: to distribute responsibilities and to find funding at national level WHEAT

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 SURVEY PLAN To collect representative information on pesticides usage on wheat producing farms at country level Survey crop season – 2005/6 WHEAT

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 SURVEY METHOD Sampling unit – farm Sampling size farms WHEAT

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 SURVEYORS - INTERVIEWERS 22 State plant protection inspectors (interviewers) was trained to collect data via interview on farms The number of interview for each inspector is different depending on his inspection zones WHEAT

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania State Plant Protection Inspectors interview 500 farms - The control zone for one inspector is two district municipalities Territory – km

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 PROGRESS TO DATE Questionnaire prepared and tested Interviewers selected and trained National sampling methodology prepared and farms selected Data collection via interview are in progress and will be finished in the end of September WHEAT

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS USE ON WINTER WHEAT IN 2005/6 (Questionnaire data is totally confidential and shall be used for the survey purposes in summarized form only) Municipality number, Interviewer code, Questionnaire code Registration No _____ (date and place) Respondent farm (enterprise name / farmers name and surname) (enterprise/farm registration address) WHEAT

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 WHEAT 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?

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 WHEAT I. GENERAL INFORMATION (QUESTIONNAIRE) 7. Use of plant protection products on wheat: Not used (then part II „Technical information“ need no complete) 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

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 WHEAT 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 / fenological crop growth stage Product name Application: - Rate (kg,l / ha, t) - Quantity (kg, l)

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 WHEAT II. TECHNICAL INFORMATION (data of plant protection products use on basic 1 wheat grown area) Application of products mix: yes / no Application type (seed treatment, spraying, etc.) Water volume used (l/ha - spraying; or l/t – seed treating) Demand of product use comparing to annual average? („higher“, „as usual“, „lower“) Application targets (name main pests, diseases or weeds)

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 WHEAT 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 and etc.)

Pesticide use survey in Lithuania 2007 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) Lithuanian farm records form not include point on crop stage when PPP used (more difficult to get accurate data) Human factor (farmers or interviewers errors) WHEAT