Jarvis, S.G.; Henrys, P.A.; Redhead, J.W.; Da Silva Osório, B.M.; Pywell, R.F.

CEH Land Cover plus: Pesticides 2012-2016 (England and Wales)
(Pesticide application maps for England and Wales, 2012-2016)

https://doi.org/10.5285/a72f8ce8-561f-4f3a-8866-5da620c0c9fe Cite this dataset

THIS DATASET HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED. The latest version is CEH Land Cover plus: Pesticides 2012-2017 (England, Scotland and Wales)

Resource had been updated to increase spatial coverage to include Scotland

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This data product maps pesticide applications across England and Wales. It is produced at a 1km resolution with units of kg active ingredient applied per year. Pesticide application rates (kg/km2/yr) are calculated for each of the crops grown in each 1km square, with the total application calculated by multiplying the estimated rates by the area of each crop in the square. The product provides application estimates for 129 different active ingredients including herbicides, insecticides, molluscicides and fungicides. Uncertainty maps are produced alongside each active ingredient map to quantify the level of confidence in the estimated applications. Uncertainty is quantified using the distribution of each parameter estimate obtained from the modelling method and is expressed relative to the total application. The product is a snapshot of average applications between 2012 and 2016. The product builds upon the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) Land Cover® Plus: Crops product. An average of CEH Land Cover® Plus: Crops 2015, 2016 and 2017 is used to reflect average crop coverage at the 1km resolution. Temporal variation in pesticide application is not modelled explicitly but is reflected in the uncertainty maps.

This data product was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under research programme NE/N018125/1 Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems (ASSIST). ASSIST is an initiative jointly supported by NERC and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

Publication date: 2019-02-27

Format

TIFF

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type: Raster
Spatial reference system: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent: 2012-01-01 to 2016-12-31

Provenance & quality

These maps were created under the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project by staff at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology to enable exploration of the impacts of agrochemical usage on the environment, enabling farmers and policymakers to implement better, more sustainable agricultural practices.

The maps use data from the Fera Pesticide Utilisation Surveys (PUS) and CEH Land Cover® plus: Crops and have been assessed for quality. For further information, please see the supporting documentation available with this data product.

Citations

Bell, J.R., Blumgart, D., & Shortall, C.R. (2020). Are insects declining and at what rate? An analysis of standardised, systematic catches of aphid and moth abundances across Great Britain. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 13(2), 115–126. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12412

Hendriks, C., Gibson, H., Trett, A., Python, A., Weiss, D., Vrieling, A., … Moyes, C. (2019). Mapping geospatial processes affecting the environmental fate of agricultural pesticides in Africa. https://doi.org/10.31223/osf.io/db2qz

Supplemental information

ASSIST website

Correspondence/contact details

Jarvis, S.G.

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
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UNITED KINGDOM

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