Evaluation of The Use of Plant Protection Products in Türkiye and in The World and Recommendations

Abstract

The agricultural sector faces a wide range of local and global risks such as increasing food demand, rapid increase in world population, gradual decrease in fertile agricultural land, loss of biodiversity, environmental pollution, climate change, drought, increasing number of harmful organisms limiting crop production, resistance to plant protection products (PPPs), negative effects of PPPs on beneficial insects, residue, young population moving away from agriculture, etc. Nowadays, chemical control is the most preferred method of controlling diseases, pests and weeds that affect yield and quality in agricultural production, and Plant Protection Products (PPPs) are used. In 2022, 55,374 tonnes of PPP was used in our Turkiye. In Turkiye, PPP usage in the rate per hectare is 2.26 kg/ha, which is quite low compared to developed countries. However, in the Mediterranean, Aegean and Marmara regions where agricultural production activities are intensively carried out, the amount of PPP consumption is high. The use of PPP by groups in the world, it has increased by 53% to 111% compared to the 1990s. The use of PPPs in agriculture in the world is 3.5 million tonnes of active ingredients in 2021 with an increase of 4% compared to 2020, and the total pesticide trade is 7.1 million tonnes of formulated products with a total value of 43.2 billion USD. In this study, the use of PPPs in the world and our country was analysed and recommendations were made.