Collection of data pursuant to REGULATION (EC) No 1185/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides, ANNEX II, STATISTICS ON AGRICULTURAL USE OF PESTICIDES.

The pesticide survey in Bulgaria in 2012 was a sample survey conducted in compliance with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009. The aim of the survey is to obtain current and reliable information on the quantities of active substances used in agriculture.

The data is comprehensive and covers the whole country. The selection of crops takes into account the most relevant crops for the national action plan. The selection is designed to be representative of the crops cultivated in the Member State and of the substances used. The crops covered by the statistics are wheat, barley, maize for grain, sunflower, rape crop year 2018, covering 75% of the arable land in Bulgaria and 52% of the UAA in Bulgaria.

2018

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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).

Wheat, barley, maize for grain, sunflower, rape crop year 2018, covering 75% of the arable land in Bulgaria and 52% of the UAA in Bulgaria.

See the attached excel file in the Annexes.

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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.

agricultural holdings

The main sample was selected of population of holdings in IACS ’2018 - wheat, barley, corn for grain, rapeseed and sunflower from which a sample of farms was drawn up. The sample was selected at the level of statistical region. A different number of interviews is filled in for each farm depending on whether it grows any of the listed 5 crops in separate statistical regions.

The entire territory of the country.

The entire territory of the country.

Not available

2012 onwards

Not applicable for pesticide use statistics, because it is not based on an index number of time series.

Statistical survey

‘See the attached Excel file in the annexes’

a five-year period

‘See the attached Excel file in the annexes’

Data is entered at district level in data entry application, where a set of minimum controls at entry and queries for individual and aggregated data are laid. Individual data are checked for completeness and coherence by a serie of logical and mathematical controls. The individual data is checked through series of logical and mathematical controls. The completeness of the records is checked for the obligatory fields of the questionnaire. The completeness of the units from the list to be surveyed is also checked.

Tools used for data validation:

- manual for interviewers;

- online computer system.

Validation is done at district (local collection centre) and central level (final collection centre) of the MAFF.

Methodology for determination of weights (extrapolation factors)

1. Design weights

Taking the inverse of the inclusion probabilities 

2. Adjustment of weights for non-response

No

3. Adjustment of weights to external data sources

No

Not applicable

The accuracy is obtained by calculating the random sampling error.

The data covers the whole country. The selection of crops takes into account the most relevant crops for the national action plan, covering 75% of the arable land and 52% of the total UAA.

The selection is designed to be representative of the crops cultivated in the Member State and of the substances used.

Not available.

The data is specific with only few potential users. No survey on customer satisfaction on the topic.

The data is specific with only few potential users. The potential users are unknown and could not be unidentified.

Not available

The data is specific with only few potential users. No survey on customer satisfaction on the topic.

See sub-category below.

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.

Data is reliable and accurate.

According to Regulation 1185/2009 the five most important crops (with the biggest area or 75% of arable land) have been chosen in order  to limit the error coverage, low level measurement error and low level of processing error (data gathered on paper questionnaires and followed by manual data entry in the programm). Non response error - non existant.

‘See the attached Excel file in the annexes’

‘See the attached Excel file in the annexes’

The selection of holdings for observation came from a list provided by the IACS that contained holdings growing the observed five crops in the year of observation.

Measurement errors were mostly detected by control in the computer module or by the additional monitoring of the data at central level. When errors were discovered the regional experts and the surveyors contacted the holder for data clarification and data correction.

If the holder was not available during the first visit, the surveyors were to re-arrange another visit by specified date and time. For this purpose they were supplied with telephone contacts. The questionnaires with inconsistent or missing answers were returned to surveyors for follow up interviews or data clarification by phone.

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NA

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.

Data revision is not envisaged.

Data will be revised if needed.

Data revision is not envisaged.

Data revision is not envisaged.

'The delivery period December 2020 is respected without delay.

'Data is not publicated yet.

'Data is not publicated yet.

'Data is not publicated yet.

NA

We do not perform comparisons among our national data and the data of other member states. There is no comparison between countries or regions. Data is collected on national level only.

Second data set.

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.

In general there may be a slight possibility to compare the data across domains with data from other sources or statistical datasets such as the survey on pesticide sales, however, thus far the practical comparison did not yield evidence of coincidence. This is as a result of the survey on agricultural use excluding:

1. Different crops not falling within the scope of observation for the survey

2. The quantities and pesticides products applied in domains such as forest, railroad transport, public parks and gardens and other public sites.

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.

The data set is internally coherent.

There is no other dataset available.

The pesticides statistics on agricultural use of pesticides is comparable with the administrative data on the placing on the market of pesticides.

Upon request aggregated data

No news release.

not applicable

Data are disseminated on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry

Agricultural report

https://www.mzh.government.bg/en/policies-and-programs/reports/agricultural-report/

There is no online database. 

NA

There are rules for releasing confidential data for the purpose of research and that the provision of confidential data is performed according to these rules.
According to Art. 26a of the Statistics Act individual data may be provided for the purpose of research to universities or legal persons whose main activity is research after permission by the President of the National Statistical Institute. Micro-data from pesticides has not been disseminated.

not available

https://www.mzh.government.bg/en/policies-and-programs/reports/agricultural-report/

Individual data are confidential and are not disseminated as such (affidavit, Law on statistics). No individual data is published. Statistical information summarizing the data for less than three statistical units is not published. Data of a holding representing 90 per cent of the total value of some indicator is not published.

There are instructions on paper in the Bulgarian language, circulated prior to the survey.

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NA

NA

High burden on respondents, given the subject matter

Individual data are confidential and are not disseminated as such (affidavit, Law on statistics). No individual data is published. Micro-data has not been disseminated. Statistical information summarizing the data for less than three statistical units is not published. Data of a holding representing 90 per cent of the total value of some indicator is not published. Data given to various organisations or legal persons also comply with the requirements of the Statistics Act for statistical confidentiality.

All individuals with access to individual data have signed an affidavit, that the data is confidential and will not be disseminated as such (Law on statistics).

Separate server, secured inner net without access of external users.

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