Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and globally

Environmental Sciences Europe, Journal Year: 2016, Volume and Issue: 28(1)

Published: Feb. 2, 2016

Accurate pesticide use data are essential when studying the environmental and public health impacts of use. Since mid-1990s, significant changes have occurred in how glyphosate herbicides applied, there has been a dramatic increase total volume applied. Data on applications were collected from multiple sources integrated into dataset spanning agricultural, non-agricultural, 1974–2014 United States, 1994–2014 globally. 1974 U.S., over 1.6 billion kilograms active ingredient or 19 % estimated global (8.6 kilograms). Globally, risen almost 15-fold since so-called "Roundup Ready," genetically engineered glyphosate-tolerant crops introduced 1996. Two-thirds applied U.S. to 2014 sprayed just last 10 years. The corresponding share globally is 72 %. In 2014, farmers enough apply ~1.0 kg/ha (0.8 pound/acre) every hectare U.S.-cultivated cropland nearly 0.53 (0.47 pounds/acre) all worldwide. Genetically herbicide-tolerant now account for about 56 no come remotely close such intensive widespread This likely case globally, but published sparse. Glyphosate will remain most widely worldwide years come, interest grow quantifying ecological human impacts. Accurate, accessible time-series accelerate research progress.

Language: Английский

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Environmental and health effects of the herbicide glyphosate

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 616-617, P. 255 - 268

Published: Nov. 17, 2017

Language: Английский

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A framework to assess the resilience of farming systems

Agricultural Systems, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 176, P. 102656 - 102656

Published: Aug. 8, 2019

Agricultural systems in Europe face accumulating economic, ecological and societal challenges, raising concerns about their resilience to shocks stresses. These issues need be addressed with a focus on the regional context which farming operate because farms, farmers' organizations, service suppliers supply chain actors are embedded local environments functions of agriculture. We define system as its ability ensure provision increasingly complex social, environmental institutional stresses, through capacities robustness, adaptability transformability. (i) develop framework assess systems, (ii) present methodology operationalize view Europe's diverse systems. The is designed specific challenges (specified resilience) well system's capacity deal unknown, uncertainty surprise (general resilience). provides heuristic analyze properties, (shocks, long-term stresses), indicators measure performance functions, resilience-enhancing attributes. Capacities attributes refer adaptive cycle processes agricultural practices, farm demographics, governance risk management. novelty pertains focal scale analysis, i.e. level, consideration various processes, that provide multiple can change over time. Furthermore, distinction between three (robustness, adaptability, transformability) ensures goes beyond narrow definitions limit robustness. deploys mixed-methods approach: quantitative methods, such statistics, econometrics modelling, used identify underlying patterns, causal explanations likely contributing factors; while qualitative interviews, participatory approaches stakeholder workshops, access experiential contextual knowledge more nuanced insights. More specifically, analysis along explores nested levels (e.g. farm, household, chain, system) time horizon 1–2 generations, thereby enabling reflection potential temporal scalar trade-offs across richness illustrated for arable Veenkoloniën, Netherlands. reveals relatively low this transform farmers feeling distressed transformation, other members households have experienced many examples transformation.

Language: Английский

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Recent advances in nano-enabled fertilizers and pesticides: a critical review of mechanisms of action

Environmental Science Nano, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 6(7), P. 2002 - 2030

Published: Jan. 1, 2019

The use of nanomaterials in agriculture as nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, or nano-enabled sensors to increase crop yield is gaining increasing interest.

Language: Английский

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Distribution of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in agricultural topsoils of the European Union

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 621, P. 1352 - 1359

Published: Oct. 15, 2017

Approval for glyphosate-based herbicides in the European Union (EU) is under intense debate due to concern about their effects on environment and human health. The occurrence of glyphosate residues water bodies rather well documented whereas only few, fragmented outdated information available soils. We provide first large-scale assessment distribution (occurrence concentrations) its main metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) EU agricultural topsoils, estimate potential spreading by wind erosion. Glyphosate and/or AMPA were present 45% topsoils collected, originating from eleven countries six crop systems, with a maximum concentration 2mgkg-1. Several hotspots identified across EU. Soil loss rates (obtained recently derived maps) used export estimated exports, result conceptually simple model, clearly indicate that particulate transport can contribute environmental exposure herbicide residues. Residue threshold values soils are urgently needed define risks soil health off site related

Language: Английский

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Towards better representation of organic agriculture in life cycle assessment

Nature Sustainability, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 3(6), P. 419 - 425

Published: March 16, 2020

Language: Английский

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Biological control and integrated pest management in organic and conventional systems

Biological Control, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 140, P. 104095 - 104095

Published: Sept. 5, 2019

Language: Английский

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Glyphosate toxicity for animals

Environmental Chemistry Letters, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 16(2), P. 401 - 426

Published: Dec. 14, 2017

Language: Английский

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An ecological future for weed science to sustain crop production and the environment. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 40(4)

Published: July 8, 2020

Abstract Sustainable strategies for managing weeds are critical to meeting agriculture’s potential feed the world’s population while conserving ecosystems and biodiversity on which we depend. The dominant paradigm of weed management in developed countries is currently founded two principal tools herbicides tillage remove weeds. However, evidence negative environmental impacts from both growing, herbicide resistance increasingly prevalent. These challenges emerge a lack attention how interact with regulated by agroecosystem as whole. Novel technological proposed control, such new herbicides, gene editing, seed destructors, do not address these systemic thus unlikely provide truly sustainable solutions. Combining multiple techniques an Integrated Weed Management strategy step forward, but many integrated still remain overly reliant too few tools. In contrast, advances ecology revealing wealth options manage at level that, rather than aiming eradicate weeds, act regulate populations limit their diversity. Here, review current state knowledge identify this can be translated into practical management. major points following: (1) diversity type crops, actions limiting resources manipulated competitiveness promoting diversity; (2) contrast tools, ecological approaches tend synergistic other functions; (3) there existing practices compatible approach that could systems, alongside explore. Overall, demonstrates integrating systems-level thinking agronomic decision-making offers best route achieving

Language: Английский

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Advances in organophosphorus pesticides pollution: Current status and challenges in ecotoxicological, sustainable agriculture, and degradation strategies

Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 424, P. 127494 - 127494

Published: Oct. 14, 2021

Language: Английский

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