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Agriculture and Energy

Statistics Sweden, Agriculture and Energy, Regions and Environment Department, SE-701 89 ÖREBRO, SWEDEN

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The use of different kinds of pesticides in agricultural crops and four horticultural crops were surveyed in 2017.
The survey has been conducted yearly from 1988 until 1992. It has then been repeated in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2006 and 2010. The horticultural crops; carrots, onions, strawberries and apples, have been included in the years 2006, 2010 and 2017.

Reference year for Sweden is 2017. Reference period 2015-2019.

The Official Statistics Law (2001:99) and the Official Statistics Ordinance (2001:100). There is no specific law or ordinance for Pesticide use in Agriculture.

The Official Statistics Law (2001:99): http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/lag-200199-om-den-officiella-statistiken_sfs-2001-99.
The Official Statistics Ordinance (2001:100): http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/forordning-2001100-om-den-officiella_sfs-2001-100.

The Riksdag is responsible for the Official Statistical Law. The Swedish Government is responsible for the Official Statistcs Ordinance.

Both the Law and the Ordinance entried into force in april 2001.

National legislation allows all required variables to be covered.

There is no divergance.

Not applicable.

The classification used for pesticides corresponds to Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 (http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1185/2017-03-09) of the European Parliament and of the Council.
The classification system for crops derives from the Annual crop statistics Handbook 2019 (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/Annexes/apro_cp_esms_an1.pdf).

Active substances in plant protection products used on crops that were harvested 2017.
Pesticides used on seeds are not taken into account. The justification is based on the difficulties for the agricutural holdings to report what plant protection product the seeds have been treated with.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

Not available.

The data reported are the quantity of each active substances listed in Annex III of Regulation 1185/2009 contained in plant protection products used on a selected crop, expressed in kg. The area treated with each substance are expressed in hectares.

Agricultural holding.

Agricultural holdings in Sweden in 2017 under conventional farming.

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The entire territory of the country.

Not applicable.

The survey has been conducted in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2017.
The horticultural crops; carrots, onions, strawberries and apples, have been included in the years 2006, 2010 and 2017.

Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because it is not based on an index number of time series.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

The survey has been conducted in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2017.

The horticultural crops; carrots, onions, strawberries and apples, have been included in the years 2006, 2010 and 2017.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

Yes

Functionalities in the new web system have automatic questionnaire validation (both for respondents and editing staff). Other tools are trace logs, tabulated reports, scatter plots, checking with previous results and other datasets etc.

Quantites of active substances are calculated from their share in plant protection products used.

Not applicable.

See sub-categories below.

https://www.scb.se/en/About-us/main-activity/quality-work/

Not available.

Improvement in coverage. In the upcoming 2021 survey. Indoor tomatoes will be included in the survey for the first time.

New steps can be taken in the light of changes in EU legislation or new demands from national users of the statistics.

Data are derived from a sample survey of 4000 agricultural holdings. An underestimation comes at least from:
1) pesticide use on agricultural holdings before seeding cannot be allokated to the following crop that benefit from the spraying, (i.e. weed spraying on stubble after harvest and for termination of old leys).
2) due to unavailability of the information on the pesticides used for seed treatment, that part of the consumption is not considered.

No additional comments.

The statistics over pesticide use is used by authorities and organisations whitin the area of agriculture and environment and for international reporting.
The main user needs are quantities of pesticide use (amount and area) and changes in the use of herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and growth regulators over time.

For example, more detailed statistics on the use of glyphosate, by time of use. Statistics on use of pesticides in indoor tomatoes.

Indoor tomatoes will be included in the next survey 2021 and the questions on glyphosate will be changed to meet the new user needs in next survey.

Not applicable.

Satisfied

Not available.

Workshops and meetings with the users of the statistics during 2020 to meet demands of the national users of the statistics.

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Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics because in this data collection, there is no target on the number of data. Member States are asked to collect data on representative crops without stipulating the number of crops.

The published report for agricultural and horticultural crops contain estimate of RSE for area treated and weight applied:

Sample error and Nonresponse.

No additional comments.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

See sub-categories below.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.

All area under organic farming are considered untreated with pesticides. The estimations for the target population in each crop area made with the assumption that the use pf pesticides follow the same patterns for the smallest farms as those included in the survey.
The estimations for the target population for temporary grasses are made with the assumption that the use pf pesticides follow the same patterns for holding growing nothing more than temporary grasses as those growing temporary grasses included in the survey.
The reliability is estimated not to be affected to a siginificant degree by the uncertainity caused by the the model assumptions.

Seasonal adjustment is not applicable to pesticide use statistics since all plant protection treatments associated directly or indirectly with the crop during the reference period are reported.

“Guidelines and routines for revision of statistical values” (Statistics Sweden, October 2015), and “Guidelines and routines for electronic publishing” (Statistics Sweden, March 2008).

There are guidelines prepared for the statistical agencies.

Not available.

 The report on the use of pesticide in crops in the reference year 2006 was revised, because of changes in the methodology for calculation of active substances. http://share.scb.se/ov9993/data/publikationer/statistik/mi/mi0502/2006a01/mi0502_2006a01_sm_mi31sm0701.pdf

The pesticide use statistics became more comparable with results with data from other MS and with sales statistics.

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11 months

11 months

It takes a long time to finalize this statistics, normally 10 - 12 months.

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Data sent in time, metadata 55 days belated.

Delay only for metadata due to high workload.

Data are collected and the samples are based on the regional crop areas. There is good comparibility between regions. The results are given for country level (NUTS 0)and County level (NUTS 3) and also by size of the farm (in hectare). The geographical comparability between countries is evaluated by Eurostat.”

Not applicable, because there are no mirror flows in Pesticide Use Statistics.

Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because it is not based on time series.

Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because it is not based on time series.

Data can only be indirectly compared to the amount of active substances sold.
1) Pesticides sale is calculated on the base of calendar year, while consumption is calculated on the base of crop year.
2) The pesticides sale statistics sent to Eurostat is the total sales including sales to other categories of user than agricultural holdings.
3) For herbicides only a small part of the use of the glyphosate can be allokated to a specific crop code.
4) For insecticides, reported use of paraffin oil (in Annex III under I99) was excluded from the survey as an outlier.

Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because the data collection is based on a five-year period.

Not applicable, because it has no relevance for national accounts.

There is very high degree of internal comparability.

Not available.

Not available.

Växtskyddsmedel i jord- och trädgårdsbruket 2017. Användning i grödor. Pesticides in agriculture and hrticulture. Use on crops. MI 31 SM 1802. Statistic Sweden.

English summary in publication. https://www.scb.se/publikation/35835

No national database available.

Not available.

Not available.

Not available.

https://www.scb.se/vara-tjanster/bestalla-mikrodata/

Yes

https://www.scb.se/contentassets/d3d0885942d94253842d92d56234b514/mi0502_staf_2017_ar_181128.pdf

Andrist Rangel Y, Eiserman D, Otterskog L, Redner A (2019) New tools for data collection in Swedish surveys on use of fertilisers and animal manure and cultivation measures in agriculture.
In: Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). Proceeding of the 62:nd ISI World Statistics Congress, Kuala Lumpur 18-23 Aug 2019: Special Topic Session: Volume 1, 461 pages, (page 162-172).

Instruction for interviewers.

Yes

Not available.

Not available.

https://www.scb.se/contentassets/d3d0885942d94253842d92d56234b514/mi0502_kd_2017_ar_181128.pdf

Not available.

Coordinated data collection togehter whit other agricultural surveys such as crop production and use of feriliser leads to:
1) More effective data collection,
2) Lower costs in the long term,
3) Decreased response burden for the farmers,
4) Easy to add on other surveys to the modernized web system,
5) Has opened up the possibility for data import also for variables, such as use of fertilisers, use of plant protection and in future crop yields.

1) Coordinated data collection togehter whit other agricultural surveys such as crop production and use of fertiliser, reduces number of contacts with the farmer and that the farmer have the same interviewer in more than this survey.
2) Development of a new web tool for data collection of data. Variables can be imported from farm management software via a machine to machine solution.

Yes

https://www.scb.se/contentassets/0cd92207266d40eb8829244d51d90b94/handbok-i-statistisk-rojandekontroll.pdf

Yes

Primary data protection is done on the basis of number of reporting units and of dominance of some reporting units. Secondary data protection is done for some active substances.

No additional comments.

Since 1994, the government has appointed the Swedish Chemicals Agency (KemI) to be responsible for official statistics within this area. Statistics Sweden is the producer of the Statistics.