1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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 on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine).
Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department
Agricultural Statistics Group
Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department
Agricultural Statistics Group 4 4

5. 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 5 5

6. T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK
Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department
Agricultural Statistics Group

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK
Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department
Agricultural Statistics Group

12. 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 )
Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department
Agricultural Statistics Group

13. THANK YOU ... T.C. BAŞBAKANLIK
Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Department
Agricultural Statistics Group