Neonicotinoids in global agriculture: Evidence for a new pesticide treadmill?

Overreliance on synthetic insecticides in global agriculture is the outcome of a “pesticide treadmill,” in which insecticide-induced pest resistance development and the depletion of beneficial insect populations aggravate farmers' pesticide dependencies. Examples of the pesticide treadmill have been witnessed repeatedly over the past seven decades, prompting the question whether the rapid uptake and usage patterns of neonicotinoid insecticides and their associated environmental impact are in accordance with this recurrent phenomenon. We hypothesize a conceptual framework in which treadmills are enforced by enabling or disabling drivers within four domains: pest management decisions at the farm level, characteristics of farming landscapes, science and technology, and societal demands. These drivers then tend to create a self-enforcing pesticide “lock-in.” We then analyze several post-1950s historical case studies with reference to this framework, e.g., those involving sprays of the highly hazardous DDT and methyl-parathion, in which the pesticide treadmill was initiated, sustained, and broken, and compare this with current patterns in neonicotinoid use. Historical case studies further illustrate how treadmills occur in three phases in which (i) a limited number of insecticides are routinely used, (ii) resistance development of pests results in the increased crop injury, prompting increased frequency of applications with a wider range of products, (iii) breaking out of the pesticide “lock-in” by policy change and adoption of alternative technologies that lowered chemical inputs and improved agro-ecosystem functioning. The analysis shows similarities as well as differences between neonicotinoid usage patterns and historic pesticide treadmills, and provides guidance on how to effectively avoid or dismantle pesticide treadmills in global agriculture.

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Main Authors: Bakker, Lieneke, Van Der Werf, Wopke, Tittonell, Pablo, Wyckhuys, Kris, Bianchi, Felix J.J.A.
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Subjects:H02 - Pesticides, H01 - Protection des végétaux - Considérations générales, P02 - Pollution, insecticide néonicotinoïde, industrie des pesticides, pesticide, pollution par l'agriculture, pollution, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_aac93244, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5734, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5739, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28744, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6077,
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spelling dig-cirad-fr-6035512024-01-29T04:29:16Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/603551/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/603551/ Neonicotinoids in global agriculture: Evidence for a new pesticide treadmill? Bakker Lieneke, Van Der Werf Wopke, Tittonell Pablo, Wyckhuys Kris, Bianchi Felix J.J.A.. 2020. Ecology and Society, 25 (3):26, 22 p.https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11814-250326 <https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11814-250326> Neonicotinoids in global agriculture: Evidence for a new pesticide treadmill? Bakker, Lieneke Van Der Werf, Wopke Tittonell, Pablo Wyckhuys, Kris Bianchi, Felix J.J.A. eng 2020 Ecology and Society H02 - Pesticides H01 - Protection des végétaux - Considérations générales P02 - Pollution insecticide néonicotinoïde industrie des pesticides pesticide pollution par l'agriculture pollution http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_aac93244 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5734 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5739 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28744 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6077 Overreliance on synthetic insecticides in global agriculture is the outcome of a “pesticide treadmill,” in which insecticide-induced pest resistance development and the depletion of beneficial insect populations aggravate farmers' pesticide dependencies. Examples of the pesticide treadmill have been witnessed repeatedly over the past seven decades, prompting the question whether the rapid uptake and usage patterns of neonicotinoid insecticides and their associated environmental impact are in accordance with this recurrent phenomenon. We hypothesize a conceptual framework in which treadmills are enforced by enabling or disabling drivers within four domains: pest management decisions at the farm level, characteristics of farming landscapes, science and technology, and societal demands. These drivers then tend to create a self-enforcing pesticide “lock-in.” We then analyze several post-1950s historical case studies with reference to this framework, e.g., those involving sprays of the highly hazardous DDT and methyl-parathion, in which the pesticide treadmill was initiated, sustained, and broken, and compare this with current patterns in neonicotinoid use. Historical case studies further illustrate how treadmills occur in three phases in which (i) a limited number of insecticides are routinely used, (ii) resistance development of pests results in the increased crop injury, prompting increased frequency of applications with a wider range of products, (iii) breaking out of the pesticide “lock-in” by policy change and adoption of alternative technologies that lowered chemical inputs and improved agro-ecosystem functioning. The analysis shows similarities as well as differences between neonicotinoid usage patterns and historic pesticide treadmills, and provides guidance on how to effectively avoid or dismantle pesticide treadmills in global agriculture. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/603551/1/Bakker%20et%20al%202020%20Neonics%20ES.pdf text cc_by info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11814-250326 10.5751/ES-11814-250326 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5751/ES-11814-250326 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11814-250326 info:eu-repo/semantics/dataset/purl/https://pusstats.fera.co.uk/home info:eu-repo/semantics/dataset/purl/https://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/pnsp/usage/maps/county-level/
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P02 - Pollution
insecticide néonicotinoïde
industrie des pesticides
pesticide
pollution par l'agriculture
pollution
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_aac93244
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5734
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5739
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28744
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6077
H02 - Pesticides
H01 - Protection des végétaux - Considérations générales
P02 - Pollution
insecticide néonicotinoïde
industrie des pesticides
pesticide
pollution par l'agriculture
pollution
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_aac93244
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5734
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5739
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28744
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6077
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H01 - Protection des végétaux - Considérations générales
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industrie des pesticides
pesticide
pollution par l'agriculture
pollution
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_aac93244
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5734
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5739
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28744
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6077
H02 - Pesticides
H01 - Protection des végétaux - Considérations générales
P02 - Pollution
insecticide néonicotinoïde
industrie des pesticides
pesticide
pollution par l'agriculture
pollution
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_aac93244
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5734
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5739
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28744
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6077
Bakker, Lieneke
Van Der Werf, Wopke
Tittonell, Pablo
Wyckhuys, Kris
Bianchi, Felix J.J.A.
Neonicotinoids in global agriculture: Evidence for a new pesticide treadmill?
description Overreliance on synthetic insecticides in global agriculture is the outcome of a “pesticide treadmill,” in which insecticide-induced pest resistance development and the depletion of beneficial insect populations aggravate farmers' pesticide dependencies. Examples of the pesticide treadmill have been witnessed repeatedly over the past seven decades, prompting the question whether the rapid uptake and usage patterns of neonicotinoid insecticides and their associated environmental impact are in accordance with this recurrent phenomenon. We hypothesize a conceptual framework in which treadmills are enforced by enabling or disabling drivers within four domains: pest management decisions at the farm level, characteristics of farming landscapes, science and technology, and societal demands. These drivers then tend to create a self-enforcing pesticide “lock-in.” We then analyze several post-1950s historical case studies with reference to this framework, e.g., those involving sprays of the highly hazardous DDT and methyl-parathion, in which the pesticide treadmill was initiated, sustained, and broken, and compare this with current patterns in neonicotinoid use. Historical case studies further illustrate how treadmills occur in three phases in which (i) a limited number of insecticides are routinely used, (ii) resistance development of pests results in the increased crop injury, prompting increased frequency of applications with a wider range of products, (iii) breaking out of the pesticide “lock-in” by policy change and adoption of alternative technologies that lowered chemical inputs and improved agro-ecosystem functioning. The analysis shows similarities as well as differences between neonicotinoid usage patterns and historic pesticide treadmills, and provides guidance on how to effectively avoid or dismantle pesticide treadmills in global agriculture.
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topic_facet H02 - Pesticides
H01 - Protection des végétaux - Considérations générales
P02 - Pollution
insecticide néonicotinoïde
industrie des pesticides
pesticide
pollution par l'agriculture
pollution
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_aac93244
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5734
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5739
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28744
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6077
author Bakker, Lieneke
Van Der Werf, Wopke
Tittonell, Pablo
Wyckhuys, Kris
Bianchi, Felix J.J.A.
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Van Der Werf, Wopke
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title Neonicotinoids in global agriculture: Evidence for a new pesticide treadmill?
title_short Neonicotinoids in global agriculture: Evidence for a new pesticide treadmill?
title_full Neonicotinoids in global agriculture: Evidence for a new pesticide treadmill?
title_fullStr Neonicotinoids in global agriculture: Evidence for a new pesticide treadmill?
title_full_unstemmed Neonicotinoids in global agriculture: Evidence for a new pesticide treadmill?
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