With the aim to collect some information about the present procedures adopted by italian farmers concerning the management of pesticide distribution remnants, two surveys were conducted. The first one involved 160 glasshouse farms located in Liguria region (North Western Italy), the second survey involved about 170 wine farms representing all the Italian regions. In glasshouse almost all operators (92%) clean the empty pesticide containers and add the cleaning water to the pesticide mixture to be applied. Empty containers are delivered to specialised collecting centres (34%), thrown in dumping grounds (48%), burned (9%), or stored in the farm (9%). Most farmers (94%) use to clean the spray equipment after each pesticide application and with water only (98%). Average amount of water used for the equipment cleaning is 42 L. Rinsing water is drained on the ground (53%), sprayed on the crop (33%) or thrown in the sewers (14%). In vineyard 73% of farmers rinse the external surface of sprayer after each pesticide application with, on average, 107 L of water and 100% of farmers rinse also the internal part of the tank and the hydraulic circuit with, on average, 120 L of water. Sprayers external cleaning is carried out in the farm court (91%), always in the same area (97%), that is not a paved area (therefore the rinsing water cannot be collected and is drained into the soil). When internal rinsing is carried out directly in vineyard (54%), rinsing water is sprayed on the crop (79%) or drained on the ground (21%).
Management of pesticide distribution remnants in italian glasshouses and vineyards
BALSARI, Paolo;OGGERO, Gianluca
2012-01-01
Abstract
With the aim to collect some information about the present procedures adopted by italian farmers concerning the management of pesticide distribution remnants, two surveys were conducted. The first one involved 160 glasshouse farms located in Liguria region (North Western Italy), the second survey involved about 170 wine farms representing all the Italian regions. In glasshouse almost all operators (92%) clean the empty pesticide containers and add the cleaning water to the pesticide mixture to be applied. Empty containers are delivered to specialised collecting centres (34%), thrown in dumping grounds (48%), burned (9%), or stored in the farm (9%). Most farmers (94%) use to clean the spray equipment after each pesticide application and with water only (98%). Average amount of water used for the equipment cleaning is 42 L. Rinsing water is drained on the ground (53%), sprayed on the crop (33%) or thrown in the sewers (14%). In vineyard 73% of farmers rinse the external surface of sprayer after each pesticide application with, on average, 107 L of water and 100% of farmers rinse also the internal part of the tank and the hydraulic circuit with, on average, 120 L of water. Sprayers external cleaning is carried out in the farm court (91%), always in the same area (97%), that is not a paved area (therefore the rinsing water cannot be collected and is drained into the soil). When internal rinsing is carried out directly in vineyard (54%), rinsing water is sprayed on the crop (79%) or drained on the ground (21%).
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