best management practices to reduce pesticide pollution of water from spray drift
DESCRIPTION
Protecting water is high on the list of public concerns about the environment. ECPA sees water protection as a key pillar of its work and is aware of the need to support the correct use of pesticides as part of sustainable productive agriculture. This publication provides guidance on best practices to reduce pesticde water pollution from spray drift.TRANSCRIPT
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Best Management Practices to reduce spray drift
SPRAYDRIFT
Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin, Domaine de l‘EspiguetteF - 30240 LE GRAU DU ROI, France
Research Institute of Horticulture Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland
Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI)Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpfl anzenMesseweg 11 –12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
Inagro vzwIeperseweg 878800 Rumbeke-Beitem, Belgium
Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, C/ Jordi Girona, 31, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Knowledge Centre for Agriculture Agro Food Park 158200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Dipartimento di Economica e Ingeneria Agraria Forestale e Ambientale (DEIAFA),Università di Torino –Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, Grugliasco (TO), Italy
Precondition: APPLICATION SITEDistance between the sensitive area and the spray application site
Spraying within the zone of awareness (buffer zone + boom width)
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BMP No. Category What to do How to do it: specification
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Fig. 13: Cannon sprayer, very vulnerable to drift.
Fig. 15: Deflector nozzle.
European Crop Protection AssociationE.C.P.A.6 Avenue E. Van Nieuwenhuyse,B-1160 Brussels, Belgium.tel: +32 2 663 15 50 fax: +32 2 663 15 [email protected]