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Pesticides use. Global, regional and country trends 1990–2018

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 10p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country,with global coverage, over the period 1990-2018, with annual updates. This brief analyses the latest update of the dataset.

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​FAO. 2021. Pesticides use. Global, regional and country trends, 1990–2018. FAOSTAT Analytical Brief Series No. 16. Rome.

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