Public Webinar: Pathways for advancing pesticide policies
Despite substantial efforts in the last decade, there is little evidence that Europe has achieved a reduction in pesticide risks and impacts mandated in National Action Plans. Upcoming agricultural policy reforms in Switzerland and other European countries as well as the recently launched “From Farm to Fork” strategy present an important opportunity to advance current pesticide policies.
In a recently published Nature Food article ‘external pagePathways for advancing pesticide policies,’ a consortium of researchers suggest key steps to achieve a reduction in pesticide risks. For example, new technologies and regulatory frameworks need to be implemented and aligned with all actors in food value chains. The authors outline a holistic approach to advancing pesticide policies, which accounts for the major trade-offs and areas of tension with other agricultural policy goals.
In a public webinar, several authors of the article came together to discuss key challenges and present pathways for advancing European pesticide policies. In presentations and discussions, the panelists provided insights into selected areas such as best policy practices, new technological approaches, farmer behavior, and efficient policy designs.
The Webinar was co-hosted by the World Food System Center and the Agricultural Economics and Policy Group of ETH Zurich.
Date: 20 October 2020
Time: 11:00-12:30 CET
Location: Zoom Webinar
Program:
- Welcome: Robert Finger, ETH Zurich DownloadDownload presentation slides (PDF, 774 KB)
- Spotlight Presentations on the topic “Towards effective pesticide risk reduction”:
- external pagePer Kudsk, Aarhus University: Setting targets and employing pesticide taxes DownloadDownload presentation slides (PDF, 423 KB)
- Bruno Studer, ETH Zurich: Reducing pesticide use at its base through plant breeding DownloadDownload presentation slides (PDF, 2 MB)
- Niklas Möhring, ETH Zurich: Effective and efficient pest management decisions of farmers DownloadDownload presentation slides (PDF, 1.8 MB)
- external pageKarin Ingold, University of Bern & Eawag: Cross-sectoral policies and multi-level regulation DownloadDownload presentation slides (PDF, 651 KB)
- external pagePer Kudsk, Aarhus University: Setting targets and employing pesticide taxes DownloadDownload presentation slides (PDF, 423 KB)
- Panelist Discussion with Questions from Audience
Nature Food Article
Read more from the panelists and others in international consortium on the topic of “Pathways for Advancing Pesticide Policies” in Nature Food article: external pagehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-020-00141-4
Public Link: external pagehttps://www.nature.com/articles...
Follow up reading
Pedersen, A. B., Nielsen, H. Ø., & Daugbjerg, C. (2020). Environmental policy mixes and target group heterogeneity: analysing Danish farmers’ responses to the pesticide taxes. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 1-12. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2020.1806047
Finger, R., Möhring, N., Dalhaus, T., Böcker, T. (2017). Revisiting pesticide taxation schemes. Ecological Economics 134: 263–266. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.12.001
Kudsk, P., Jørgensen, L. N., & Ørum, J. E. (2018). Pesticide Load—A new Danish pesticide risk indicator with multiple applications. Land use policy, 70, 384-393. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.11.010
Möhring, N., Bozzola, M., Hirsch, S., Finger, R. (2020). Are pesticides risk decreasing? The relevance of pesticide indicator choice in empirical analysis. Agricultural Economics, 51(3), 429-444. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12563
Möhring, N., Wuepper, D., Musa, T., Finger, R. (2020). Why farmers deviate from recommended pesticide timing: the role of uncertainty and information. Pest Management Science. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5826
Maass, O.; Consmuller, N.; Kehlenbeck, H. (2019) Socioeconomic Impact of Genome Editing on Agricultural Value Chains: The Case of Fungal-Resistant and Coeliac-Safe Wheat. Sustainability, 11(22), 6421. external pagehttps://doi.org/10.3390/su11226421
Brookes, G.; Barfoot, P. GM crop technology use 1996-2018: farm income and production impacts. (2020) GM Crops & Food, 11(4). external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1080/21645698.2020.1779574
Zukunftsblog
The quest for a holistic pesticide policy: Bans and simple measures alone won’t solve the problems in plant protection. Robert Finger presses for a comprehensive pesticide policy in the ETH Zukunftsblog: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2020/10/blog-finger-pesticid-policy.html
Details zum Webinar im Agrarpolitik Blog (DE): external pagehttps://agrarpolitik-blog.com/2020/09/26/webinar-zum-thema-pathways-for-advancing-pesticide-policies/