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Chemical Expense Index 2001

Description

The data represents the relative expense of farm chemicals (herbicides, insecticides and fungicides) in the agricultural area of Alberta. It is an estimate of the degree to which crop production agriculture may contribute to surface or groundwater contamination.Agriculture production that makes greater use of herbicides, insecticides and pesticides in generally considered more intensive. Presenting the relative farm chemical expenses by SLC polygons reveals where the most intensive agricultural production in the province occurs. Chemical use is part of an equation to determine a measure of surface water quality risk. If an area is known to have certain risk factors that would affect not only surface, but groundwater quality as well, a higher chemical expense index ranking in that same area may be of concern. Where risks of surface or groundwater contamination exist, environmental farm planning can help to minimize them.

Updated

March 10, 2020

Tags
ALBERTA DOWNLOADABLE-DATA ENVIRONMENT FARMING GROUNDWATER-POLLUTION INLANDWATERS PESTICIDE SOIL-CONTAMINATION WATER-QUALITY

Title and Dataset Information

Alternative Title

Chemical Expense Index 2001

Date Modified

2020-03-10

Update Frequency

Irregular

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture and Forestry

Subject Information

Start Date

2001-01-01

End Date

2001-01-01

Resource Dates

Date Created

2016-07-13

Date Added to catalogue

2020-04-30T03:18:25.042327

Date Issued

2016-07-13

Date Modified

2020-03-10

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

{"Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Government of Alberta","Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture"}

Contact Email

duke@gov.ab.ca