Pesticide use in agriculture (aei_pestuse)

National Reference Metadata in ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)

Compiling agency: Ministry of Environment and Food of DenmarkEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)


Eurostat metadata
Reference metadata
1. Contact
2. Statistical presentation
3. Statistical processing
4. Quality management
5. Relevance
6. Accuracy and reliability
7. Timeliness and punctuality
8. Coherence and comparability
9. Accessibility and clarity
10. Cost and Burden
11. Confidentiality
12. Comment
Related Metadata
Annexes (including footnotes)
 



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Pesticides & Biocides  
1.5. Contact mail address

Tolderlundsvej 5

5000 - Odense


2. Statistical presentation Top

See sub-concepts below.

The harmonized classification of active substances, presented in the Annex III of Regulation 1185/2009 was used.
2.1. Data description

See sub-categories below.
2.1.1. Main characteristics of statistics

The data set comprises of used plant protection products for the period 1st of August 2016 31st of Juli 2017 according to the Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/269 of 16 February 2017 as regards the list of active substances.
2.1.2. Reference period of data collection

2017
2.1.3. National legislation
Yes
2.1.3.1. National legislation - Name

According to national legislation (“Sprøjtejournalbekendtgørelsen”) farmers are obliged to report their pesticide use yearly. The legislation covers all farmers with a yearly turnover at approximately 6600 euro or more, or farmers with a total of 10 acres or more.
2.1.3.2. National legislation - Link

Sprøjtejournalbekendtgørelsen
2.1.3.3. National legislation - Responsible organisation

Ministry of Environment of Denmark
2.1.3.4. National legislation - Year of entry into force

2010
2.1.3.5. National legislation - Coverage of variables required under EU legislation

not requested
2.1.3.6. Divergence national definitions from EU regulation

not applicable
2.1.3.7. National legislation - Legal obligation for respondents to reply (Yes/No)
Yes
2.1.4. Additional comments data description

not relevant
2.2. Classification system

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).
2.3. Coverage - sector

The data covers the plant protection products used in the Agricultural sector.

The crops are selected based on the most relevant crops in Denmark in respect to the use of plant protection products. They are also selected in respect to the crops proposed by Eurostat for the next 5 year period.

The pesticide used in the reported crops, they cover roughly estimated almost 90 % of the pesticide load from the use of plant protection products.
2.3.1. Crops covered by the statistics

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.
2.3.2. Commercial non-agricultural uses of pesticides

Information regarding the use of plant protection products used on public areas can be found here
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.
2.5. Statistical unit

agricultural holdings, crop parcels (ha), active ingredients in plant protection products (kg)
2.6. Statistical population

agricultural holdings with a yearly turnover at approximately 6600 euro or more, or farmers with a total of 10 acres or more.
2.7. Reference area

See sub-categories below.
2.7.1. Geographical area covered

The entire territory of the country.
2.7.2. Inclusion of special territories

The data does not cover Greenland and Faroe Islands
2.8. Coverage - Time

Yearly since 2011
2.9. Base period

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


3. Statistical processing Top
3.1. Source data

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.
3.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual on a national level, but only one year out of the five-year reference period (2017) is provided to Eurostat.
3.3. Data collection

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.
3.4. Data validation

Outliers with a treatment frequency index above a specific level are removed from the data
3.4.1. Data validation measures
Automatic
3.4.2. Target of data validation measures
Outliers
3.4.3. Specification target of data validation

not applicable
3.5. Data compilation

Spread sheets and IT systems with at database.
3.6. Adjustment

not applicable


4. Quality management Top
4.1. Quality assurance

See sub-categories below.
4.1.1. Quality management system in organisation
No
4.1.2. Specification of implementation

Not relevant
4.1.3. Peer review
No
4.1.4. Main conclusions peer review

not applicable
4.1.5. Future quality improvements
Further automation
4.1.6. Specification of quality improvements

not applicable
4.1.7. Additional comments quality assurance

no relevant
4.2. Quality management - assessment

see the sub categories
4.2.1. Overall quality
Stable
4.2.2. Relevance
Stable
4.2.3. Accuracy and reliability
Stable
4.2.4. Timeliness and punctuality
Stable
4.2.5. Comparability
Stable
4.2.6. Coherence
Stable
4.2.7. Additional comments quality assessment

not applicable


5. Relevance Top

See the sub-categories
5.1. Relevance - User Needs

Users are politicians, agribusiness, non govermental organizations and citizens.

The pesticide use data are used, to follow the yearly development in the pesticide load from the use of pesticides in agriculture.
5.1.1. Unmet user needs
5.1.2. Plans for satisfying unfilled user needs
5.1.3. Additional comments user needs
5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

See sub categories
5.2.1. User satisfaction survey
No
5.2.2. Year of user satisfaction survey

not applicable
5.2.3. Satisfaction level
5.2.4. Additional comments user satisfaction

not applicable
5.3. Completeness

See sub-category below.
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.


6. Accuracy and reliability Top
6.1. Accuracy - overall

see sub categories
6.1.1. Grading of accuracy
High
6.1.2. Factors lowering accuracy
Sampling error
Non-response error
6.1.3. Specification of factors

not applicable
6.1.4. Additional comments overall accuracy

not relvant
6.2. Sampling error

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.
6.3. Non-sampling error

See sub-categories below.
6.3.1. Coverage error

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.
6.3.2. Measurement error

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.
6.3.3. Non response error

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.
6.3.4. Processing error

See the attached Excel file in the Annexes.
6.3.5. Model assumption error

Not applicable
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.
6.5. Data revision - policy

The full data set on pesticde use will be handed out upon request.
6.6. Data revision - practice

see sub categories
6.6.1. Data revision - average size

The agricultural holdings can revise their data any time if they find it to be relevant.
6.6.2. Data revisions - conceptual changes
No
6.6.3. Reason for revisions

Not applicable
6.6.4. Impact of revisions
Not important
6.6.5. Additional comments data revisions

non relevant


7. Timeliness and punctuality Top

see sub categories
7.1. Timeliness

See sub-categories below.
7.1.1. Time lag - first result

Only final data are being published
7.1.2. Time lag - final result

Approximately 16 months. But data can be retrieved any time.
7.1.3. Reasons for possible long production times?

The agricultural holdings had approximately 4-5 months from the end of the reference year, until they had to report their use data. In addition, there were some challenges with some other data comprised in the report.
7.2. Punctuality

See sub-categories below.
7.2.4. Punctuality - delivery and publication

not applicable
7.2.1. Data release according to schedule
NO
7.2.2. Data release on target date
7.2.3. Reasons for delays

not applicable


8. Coherence and comparability Top

see sub categories
8.1. Comparability - geographical

not applicable
8.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient

Not applicable, because there are no mirror flows in Pesticide Use Statistics.
8.2. Comparability - over time

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

Not applicable for Pesticide Use Statistics, because it is not based on time series.
8.3. Coherence - cross domain

To see the difference between pesticide sale and use, please see the report “Bekæmpelsesmiddelstatistik 2018”
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.
8.5. Coherence - National Accounts

Not applicable, because it has no relevance for national accounts.
8.6. Coherence - internal

A good internal coherence of the data was ensured due to the harmonised classification of pesticides and crops.


9. Accessibility and clarity Top

see sub categories
9.1. Dissemination format - News release

When a publication with sales and use data is released, a news will released as well.
9.1.1. Publication of news releases
Yes
9.1.2. Link to news releases

Link to news for 2017 is here

Link to news for 2018 is here
9.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Report: Bekæmpelsesmiddelstatistik 2017

Publisher: The Danish Environmental Protection Agency

Year: 2019
9.2.1. Production of paper publication
No
9.2.2. English paper publication
9.2.3. Production of electronic publication
Yes
9.2.4. English electronic publication
No
9.2.5. Link to publications

Publications of pesticide use and sales are published here
9.3. Dissemination format - online database

The data can only be provided by sending an email to: pesticider@mst.dk
9.3.1. Data tables - consultations

Not applicable
9.3.2. Accessibility of on-line database
No
9.3.3. Link to on-line database

not applicable
9.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

see section 9.3
9.4.1. Accessibility of micro-data
Yes
9.4.2. Link to micro-data

see section 9.3
9.5. Dissemination format - other

not applicable
9.6. Documentation on methodology

see sub categories
9.6.1. Availability of national reference metadata
No
9.6.2. Link to national reference metadata

not applicable
9.6.3. Availability of methodological papers
No
9.6.4. Link to methodological papers

not applicable
9.6.5. Availability of handbook
No
9.6.6. Link to handbook

not applicable
9.7. Quality management - documentation

see sub categories
9.7.1. Metadata completeness - rate

not applicable
9.7.2. Metadata - consultations

not applicable
9.7.3. Availability of quality report
NO
9.7.4. Link to quality report

not applicable


10. Cost and Burden Top

not available
10.1. Efficiency gains
Further automation
10.2. Specification efficiency gains

not applicable
10.3. Measures to reduce burden
Other
10.4. Specification burden reduction

Increased digitalization


11. Confidentiality Top

see sub categories
11.1. Confidentiality - policy

see sub categories
11.1.1. Transmission of confidential national data to Eurostat
No
11.1.2. Confidentiality according to Regulation
11.1.3. Data confidentiality policy

no confidentiality on the data
11.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

not relevant, there is no confidentiality on the data
11.2.1. Procedures for confidentiality

see section 11.2
11.2.2. Additional comments confidentiality - data treatment

see section 11.2


12. Comment Top


Related metadata Top


Annexes Top
Pesticide use statistics DK