Presence, distribution and current pesticides used in Spanish agricultural practices

To guarantee an adequate food supply for the world's growing population, intensive agriculture is necessary to ensure efficient food production. The use of pesticides helps maintain maximum productivity in intensive agriculture by minimizing crop losses due to pests. However, pesticide contamination of surface waters constitutes a major problem as they are resistant to degradation and soluble enough to be transported in water. In recent years, all groups of pesticides defined by the World Health Organization have increased their use and, therefore, their prevalence in the different environmental compartments that can have harmful effects. Despite this effort, there is no rigorous monitoring program that quantifies and controls the toxic effects of each pesticide. However, multiple scientific studies have been published by specialized research groups in which this information is disseminated. Therefore, any attempt to systematize this information is relevant. This review offers a current overview of the presence and distribution of the most widely-used pesticides (insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides) by crop type and an evaluation of the relationships between their uses and environmental implications in Spain. The data demonstrated that there are correlations between the presence of specific pesticides used in the main crops and their presence in the environmental compartments. We have found preliminary data pointing to existing associations between specific pesticides used in the main crops and their presence in environmental compartments within different geographical areas of Spain; this should be the subject of further investigation.

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González García M. López Sánchez J.I. Segovia Bravo K.A. Cabal C. y Pérez-Santín E. Presence distribution and current pesticides used in Spanish agricultural practices. Elsevier B.V., 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157291

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Resource type Article
Date of creation 2024-11-05
Date of last revision 2024-11-05
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Metadata identifier 04677208-6087-5edf-b692-be8039d9f7c2
Metadata language Spanish
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High-value dataset category Earth observation and environment
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Name of the dataset creator González García, M., López Sánchez, J.I., Segovia Bravo, K.A., Cabal, C., y Pérez-Santín, E.
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Other identifier DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157291
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