From sea salt to glyphosate salt: a history of herbicide use in France

Chauvel, Bruno; Gauvrit, Christian; Guillemin, Jean‐Philippe

doi:10.51694/advweedsci/2022;40:seventy-five008

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“…In general though, France was the first European country with an overall pesticide reduction target of 50% (Ecophyto plan for 2018, proposed by the Grenelle Environment Forum in 2007), equivalent to the EU's 2030 goal under the Farm to Fork Strategy (European Commission, 2020). Even France has failed to reduce pesticide use (Hossard et al, 2017), the policy adopted by the country (Ecophyto II and II+ plans for 2025) promotes the agro-ecological transition of its farms (Chauvel et al, 2022). Likewise, the German government's Arable Farming Strategy 2035 sets out the clear direction for the reduction of pesticides (Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, 2021a).…”

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How farmers perceive perennial weeds in Northern France and Eastern Germany

Andert,

Guguin,

Hamacher

et al. 2023

Front. Agron.

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European farmers are required to follow the transition towards sustainable agriculture and food systems. Perennial weed management without chemical herbicides and inversion tillage is challenging farmers. Questions arise to cope with these spreading weeds. Our study focuses on farmers’ perceptions and experiences of perennial weeds and their control in Northern France and Eastern Germany. A survey was developed to explore the situation regarding present concerns and future problems for perennial weed control. The survey conducted from winter 2020/21 to spring 2021 targeted conventional, conservation and organic farms. We found a high level of awareness for perennial weeds. On average, 80.0% of Northern French farmers and 65.9% of Eastern German farmers revealed present concerns about perennial weeds. Both, Northern French and Eastern German farmers perceived perennial weeds are more damaging to crop production than other pests. In both regions, the farmers considered Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. as the most important perennial weed. While the majority of the Eastern German farmers observed field infestations of Elymus repens (L.) Gould, Northern French farmers more often reported Sonchus arvensis L. infestations. More than 50% of the farmers stated Rumex spp. infestations in Northern France and Eastern Germany. Interestingly, Eastern German farmers are more concerned about future perennial weed problems than Northern French farmers. The reasons for farmer’s future concerns are probably connected to the farming system. In both regions, conservation and conventional farmers heavily rely on herbicides for perennial weed control, however, more farms used the active ingredient glyphosate in Eastern Germany. Nonetheless, perennial weed control is a major concern for organic farmers in both regions. We conclude that optimizing and integrating non-chemical alternatives is promising in all farming systems. Research activities are required to provide farmers and extension services with novel and profitable perennial weed management practices.

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