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1.1. Contact organisation | Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI)
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Institute for Strategies and Technology Assessment
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1.5. Contact mail address | Stahnsdorfer Damm 81 |
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2.1. Data description | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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2.1.1. Main characteristics of statistics | |||
Since 2011, regular surveys of pesticides use have been carried out in Germany as PAPA surveys. PAPA stands for panel pesticide applications. A number of crop-specific networks of farms have been created, in which the PPP application data are recorded in detail annually. The data are forwarded in an anonymised form to the Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI).
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2.1.2. Reference period of data collection | |||
2018 |
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2.1.3. National legislation | |||
Yes | |||
2.1.3.1. National legislation - Name | |||
§ 21 of the German Plant Protection Act (Gesetz zum Schutz der Kulturpflanzen - Pflanzenschutzgesetz (PflSchG)) of 6 February 2012 |
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2.1.3.2. National legislation - Link | |||
www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pflschg_2012
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2.1.3.3. National legislation - Responsible organisation | |||
German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) |
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2.1.3.4. National legislation - Year of entry into force | |||
2012 |
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2.1.3.5. National legislation - Coverage of variables required under EU legislation | |||
none |
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2.1.3.6. Divergence national definitions from EU regulation | |||
irrelevant |
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2.1.3.7. National legislation - Legal obligation for respondents to reply (Yes/No) | |||
No | |||
2.1.4. Additional comments data description | |||
Not available |
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2.2. Classification system | |||
The classification used for pesticides corresponds to Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 (https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1185/2017-03-09) of the European Parliament and of the Council. |
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2.3. Coverage - sector | |||
agriculture
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2.3.1. Crops covered by the statistics | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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2.3.2. Commercial non-agricultural uses of pesticides | |||
not available |
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2.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |||
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. |
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2.5. Statistical unit | |||
agricultural holding |
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2.6. Statistical population | |||
agricultural holdings which are representative of the region in which they are located |
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2.7. Reference area | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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2.7.1. Geographical area covered | |||
The entire territory of Germany. |
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2.7.2. Inclusion of special territories | |||
no special territories |
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2.8. Coverage - Time | |||
Data collection on pesticide use started in 2001. Yearly surveys are conducted since 2011. |
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2.9. Base period | |||
Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because it is not based on an index number of time series. |
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3.1. Source data | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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3.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
every year |
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3.3. Data collection | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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3.4. Data validation | |||
confronting the statistics against other relevant data (both internal and external); investigating inconsistencies in the statistics; verifying the statistics against expectations and domain intelligence, outlier detection
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3.4.1. Data validation measures | |||
Manual Automatic |
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3.4.2. Target of data validation measures | |||
Consistency | |||
3.4.3. Specification target of data validation | |||
no specification necessary |
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3.5. Data compilation | |||
The surveys collect accurate and quantitative data.
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3.6. Adjustment | |||
no adjustment |
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4.1. Quality assurance | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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4.1.1. Quality management system in organisation | |||
No | |||
4.1.2. Specification of implementation | |||
Not relevant |
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4.1.3. Peer review | |||
No | |||
4.1.4. Main conclusions peer review | |||
Not relevant |
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4.1.5. Future quality improvements | |||
None | |||
4.1.6. Specification of quality improvements | |||
Not relevant |
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4.1.7. Additional comments quality assurance | |||
4.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
The distribution of panel farms (at least 100 farms per culture) is proportional to the distribution of the acreage of crops in Germany.
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4.2.1. Overall quality | |||
Stable | |||
4.2.2. Relevance | |||
Stable Annexes: Annex 4.2.2 Relevance |
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4.2.3. Accuracy and reliability | |||
Stable Annexes: Annex 4-2-3 Accuracy Reliability |
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4.2.4. Timeliness and punctuality | |||
Stable Annexes: Annex 4-2-4 Timeliness Punctuality |
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4.2.5. Comparability | |||
Stable | |||
4.2.6. Coherence | |||
Stable | |||
4.2.7. Additional comments quality assessment | |||
No other relevant information |
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5.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
All groups in society (government agencies, non-governmental organizations, farmers' associations, etc.), who take part in the political debate on the use of plant protection products, are users of the data. In particular, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) needs the results of the surveys in the framework of the National Action Plan on Sustainable Use of pesticides.
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5.1.1. Unmet user needs | |||
Regional surveys are often requested. But the costs are too high.
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5.1.2. Plans for satisfying unfilled user needs | |||
No changes planned |
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5.1.3. Additional comments user needs | |||
No other relevant information |
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5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
No activities |
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5.2.1. User satisfaction survey | |||
No | |||
5.2.2. Year of user satisfaction survey | |||
Not relevant |
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5.2.3. Satisfaction level | |||
Neutral | |||
5.2.4. Additional comments user satisfaction | |||
No other relevant information |
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5.3. Completeness | |||
See sub-category below. |
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5.3.1. Data completeness - rate | |||
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. |
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6.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
see also Annex to concept 4.2.3: |
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6.1.1. Grading of accuracy | |||
Moderate | |||
6.1.2. Factors lowering accuracy | |||
Other | |||
6.1.3. Specification of factors | |||
low sample size and agricultural diversity |
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6.1.4. Additional comments overall accuracy | |||
No other relevant information |
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6.2. Sampling error | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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6.3. Non-sampling error | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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6.3.1. Coverage error | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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6.3.2. Measurement error | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes: No use of questionnaires. Use of original data from the farmers' records for PSM application. Documentation errors are usually detected directly when digitalising the survey data. The most common errors are incorrect or incomplete PPP-names and/or incorrect measurement units (e.g. kg/ha instead of g/ha). Missing data are supplemented; incorrect data are corrected. |
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6.3.3. Non response error | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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6.3.4. Processing error | |||
See the attached Excel file in the Annexes. |
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6.3.5. Model assumption error | |||
Not relevant, since only standard statistical methods are used for the projections.
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6.4. Seasonal adjustment | |||
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. |
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6.5. Data revision - policy | |||
Our aim is: no revision! |
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6.6. Data revision - practice | |||
In practice, there has been no revision of pesticide use data since 2011. If at any time published values need to be revised, this will be documented by a footnote.
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6.6.1. Data revision - average size | |||
no revision |
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6.6.2. Data revisions - conceptual changes | |||
No | |||
6.6.3. Reason for revisions | |||
no revision |
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6.6.4. Impact of revisions | |||
Not important | |||
6.6.5. Additional comments data revisions | |||
no other relevant information |
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7.1. Timeliness | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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7.1.1. Time lag - first result | |||
about 14 days (depending on crops, here: hops) |
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7.1.2. Time lag - final result | |||
about 4 months (depended of crops, here: apples) |
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7.1.3. Reasons for possible long production times? | |||
quantity and complexity of the data |
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7.2. Punctuality | |||
See sub-categories below. |
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7.2.4. Punctuality - delivery and publication | |||
No target date |
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7.2.1. Data release according to schedule | |||
NO | |||
7.2.2. Data release on target date | |||
NO | |||
7.2.3. Reasons for delays | |||
No target date |
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8.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
It is assumed that the data is specific to Germany.
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8.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient | |||
Not applicable, because there are no mirror flows in Pesticide Use Statistics. |
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8.2. Comparability - over time | |||
Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because it is not based on time series. |
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8.2.1. Length of comparable time series | |||
Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because it is not based on time series. |
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8.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
The statistics on national PPP use are compatible to the statistics on the sales data, which is compiled by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL).
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8.4. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | |||
Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because the data collection is based on a five-year period. |
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8.5. Coherence - National Accounts | |||
Not applicable, because it has no relevance for national accounts. |
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8.6. Coherence - internal | |||
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9.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
Data are published regularly on the internet (see https://papa.julius-kuehn.de).
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9.1.1. Publication of news releases | |||
No | |||
9.1.2. Link to news releases | |||
No news releases |
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9.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
There are only crop specific overviews at irregular intervals (see https://papa.julius-kuehn.de; Item "Veröffentlichungen").
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9.2.1. Production of paper publication | |||
Yes | |||
9.2.2. English paper publication | |||
No | |||
9.2.3. Production of electronic publication | |||
No | |||
9.2.4. English electronic publication | |||
No | |||
9.2.5. Link to publications | |||
No electronic publications; for data see https://papa.julius-kuehn.de |
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9.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
The JKI does not provide for an on-line database in which the use data for PPPs can be accessed.
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9.3.1. Data tables - consultations | |||
Request corresponding data if required from: dietmar.rossberg@julius-kuehn.de
As of 01.12.2020 from: |
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9.3.2. Accessibility of on-line database | |||
No | |||
9.3.3. Link to on-line database | |||
No online database |
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9.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
no access (see items 11.1 and 11.2.)
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9.4.1. Accessibility of micro-data | |||
No | |||
9.4.2. Link to micro-data | |||
No link to microdata |
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9.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
No other dissemination |
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9.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
see https://papa.julius-kuehn.de or |
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9.6.1. Availability of national reference metadata | |||
No | |||
9.6.2. Link to national reference metadata | |||
Not applicable |
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9.6.3. Availability of methodological papers | |||
No | |||
9.6.4. Link to methodological papers | |||
Not applicable (only internal methodological papers) |
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9.6.5. Availability of handbook | |||
No | |||
9.6.6. Link to handbook | |||
Not applicable, there is no handbook |
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9.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
No specifications |
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9.7.1. Metadata completeness - rate | |||
No metadata |
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9.7.2. Metadata - consultations | |||
No consultations |
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9.7.3. Availability of quality report | |||
NO | |||
9.7.4. Link to quality report | |||
No quality report |
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Costs (per year) associated with the collection and production of pesticide use statistics at the JKI are estimated as follows: 50% of the yearly working time of a scientific officer: about 70.000 € 75% of the yearly working time of an assistant: about 50.000 € The respondents will receive representational allowances. The sum of these expenses was 134.500 € in 2018. Total for 2018: about 260.000 € |
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10.1. Efficiency gains | |||
None | |||
10.2. Specification efficiency gains | |||
Not applicable |
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10.3. Measures to reduce burden | |||
None | |||
10.4. Specification burden reduction | |||
Not applicable |
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11.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
see subcategories |
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11.1.1. Transmission of confidential national data to Eurostat | |||
No | |||
11.1.2. Confidentiality according to Regulation | |||
No | |||
11.1.3. Data confidentiality policy | |||
Due to aggregation of the data, it is not possibly to identify a person or economic entity (neither directly nor indirectly). |
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11.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
see 11.2.1 |
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11.2.1. Procedures for confidentiality | |||
Electronic raw data are stored in a database running only in the JKI's internal network. Reporting forms in paper form are kept under lock and key for 10 years. After that, they are disposed of in a way which ensures confidentiality. In the JKI report which is published on the internet, data on use of active substances are aggregated in such a way that inferences to individual farms are not possible. |
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11.2.2. Additional comments confidentiality - data treatment | |||
No other relevant information |
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No comments |
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ESQRS Annex to Quality Report for Pesticide Use (Germany) |