Survey on the use of plant protection products for crops (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2015

General characteristics  
Contents:
Active principles in plant protection products
Analysis units:
Plant protection products (pesticides)
Periodicity:
Yearly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Stratified random sampling

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Agricultural holdings
Data collection mode:
Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)
Total units:
5000
Respondents:
1806

Quality  
Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
Initiatives to foster survey participation; Adjustement methods to reduce the effect of unit nonresponse on the results; Methods to measure the effect of unit nonresponse on the results
Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Interviewer training, monitoring and supervision; Adjustement methods to reduce the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors
Validation:
Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources; Control of influential unit data, strongly contributing to computation of aggregates

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
Agriculture and livestock
Other data bases:
None
Press releases:
The use of phytosanitary products in wine grape. 2009-2010 crop year; Utilizzo dei prodotti fitosanitari nella coltivazione dell'olivo. Annata agraria 2010-2011
Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
Timeliness of final data:
53 days