Food Systems Dashboard

Outcomes Environmental impacts

Pesticide use per area of cropland

FSCI

Definition

The use of pesticides per area of cropland (which is the sum of arable land and land under permanent crops) at national level expressed as kg active ingredient per hectare.

Relevance

Indicator of agriculture intensity.

Additional Information

Recommended citation: FAO. 2024. FAOSTAT: Pesticides Use. [Accessed the first week of every month]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RP. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

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