date:Aug 16, 2023
On July 5, 2023, the European Commission published the latest data on the progress made in the European Union towards the pesticide reduction targets set in the Farm to Fork strategy for the period 2011-2021.
The data reveal a 6% reduction in the use of chemical phytosanitary products since 2020 and an overall decrease of 33% since the 2015-2017 period.
Regarding the use of more hazardous pesticides in the EU, while there has been an increase of 5% from 2020 to 2021, it is important to highlig