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    Trend Analysis of Pesticide Usage in Major Countries in the World in Recent Years

    • Last Update: 2022-03-01
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Chemical fertilizers and pesticides are essential inputs in agricultural production, and they have contributed to the increase in agricultural production and farmers' income
    .
    However, with the continuous improvement of the public's living standards and consumer demand, people pay more attention to safety, health, and environmental protection, and put forward higher requirements for the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides
    .
    In keeping with the development of the times, the Ministry of Agriculture put forward an action plan to achieve zero growth in the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in China by 2020 in a timely manner in 2015
    .
    1 Changes in pesticide use in major European countries According to Eurostat statistics, the available agricultural area in Europe in 2015 is sorted from highest to lowest, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Romania, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and Greece are in the top 10 (Table 1)
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    Among them, France has about 29 million hectares of usable agricultural area, accounting for 16.
    3% of the EU, and it is the largest agricultural country in the EU
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    Some member states of the European Union first put forward the idea of ​​reducing the use of pesticides in order to reduce the impact on the agricultural ecological environment
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    France France is the most important agricultural country in the EU.
    Among pesticides, the use of fungicides (including bactericides) is the largest.
    Before 2002, the annual fungicide consumption equivalent to active ingredients (the same below) was about 40,000 to 60,000 tons; Years later, the use of fungicides dropped sharply, with an annual use of about 35,000 tons.
    In 2011, the use was only 25,000 tons, but after that, the use increased slightly, reaching 30,000 tons in 2013; the amount of herbicides was about 35,000 tons before 2000.
    30,000 to 40,000 tons/year, and then the consumption dropped slightly, and it was the lowest in 2010, with an annual consumption of only 22,000 tons.
    In recent years, the consumption of herbicides has increased significantly, and the annual consumption is close to about 30,000 tons; France Insecticidal The amount of pesticides was very small.
    In the 1990s, the amount was about 10,000 tons per year, and then the amount fell sharply.
    After 2000, the annual pesticide consumption was only about 2,000 to 3,000 tons.
    However, since 2011, due to the impact of local climatic conditions, nearly In the past few years, the amount of pesticides used has increased slightly.
    In 2013, the amount of pesticides used was 3,318 tons
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    In order to reduce the impact of pesticide use on the ecological environment, France proposed a pesticide reduction plan in 2008, with the goal of reducing pesticide use by 50% within 10 years
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    However, according to Reuters, due to adverse weather conditions in recent years, the use of pesticides has actually increased compared to 2008
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    Therefore, France has postponed the completion of the pesticide reduction target by 7 years, that is, by 2025, it will achieve a reduction of 50%, and has set an intermediate target to reduce the use of pesticides by 25% in 2020
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