| Autor: |
Gil, Emilio, Salcedo, Ramon, Balsari, Paolo, Herbst, Andreas, Kole, Jaco, Douzals, Jean-Paul |
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Julius-Kühn-Archiv; 2024, Issue 479, p39-46, 8p |
| Abstrakt: |
Better Training for Safer Food programme (BTSF) is an educational program financed by the European Commision under DG SANTE. Among the large educational offer included within the BTSF Academy, several actions related to the use of pesticide equipment have been included. In 2016 it was arranged an official training course focused on Pesticide Application Equipment, where the two specific topics to be addressed were inspection and calibration of all type of equipment used in Europe to distribute Plant Protection Products. During the last eight years period (2016-2023) a total of 18 one-week training courses have been arranged in different European locations (Barcelona, Montpellier, Wageningen, Turin and Braunschweig) housting more than 350 attendants, all of them representing local authorities, advisory centers, research and academic institutions. Topics as the new European rules and international standards concerning the inspection of sprayers in use, methodology and equipment for a good inspection procedure, aspects related to quality and quality control of the inspections, and an interesting list of topics focused on a proper use of spray application technologies have been addressed mixing theory and practical activities. This paper will show interesting data about degree of knowledge and implementation of inspection of sprayers around the different MS, and main problems and difficulties to be addressed to achieve a harmonized and uniform situation in Europe. The document will include a detailed evaluation of results obtained during pre and post training exam. Efficacy of training activities has been measured, including a specific evaluation of the different type of questions addressed to the attendants. All this information has been obtained on an anonimous way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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