Location matters: A geospatial analysis of fungus-resistant grapes in Switzerland

IF 6.1 1区农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Agricultural Systems Pub Date : 2025-06-14 DOI:10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104422

Lucca Zachmann , Lionel Christen , Robert Finger

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Abstract

Context

Viticulture is one of the most economically relevant but also pesticide-intensive agricultural sectors, with negative impacts on human health and the environment. Fungus-resistant grape varieties can reduce fungicide use in viticulture by about 80 %.

Objective

Achieving effective and efficient pesticide risk reductions requires not only that these varieties are increasingly planted but also that they are planted at the right place. This study provides the first assessment of the geospatial distribution of fungus-resistant varieties.

Methods

Using detailed plot-level data (N = 19,385) from the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, we investigate whether these varieties are more likely planted on plots of concern for pesticide exposure to human health (e.g. densely populated areas) and/or the environment (e.g. in or close to specific ecosystems).

Results and conclusions

Our results suggest that fungus-resistant grape varieties are more likely planted near densely populated residential areas and lakes, thus reducing pesticide exposure to humans and lower pesticide run-off into water bodies. However, we do not find that fungus-resistant varieties are more likely planted in other areas of concern such as protected water zones, near rivers or near public hiking paths. We provide policy recommendations on how to promote improved spatial allocation, i.e. that the planting of fungus-resistant varieties is promoted, especially in critical areas.

Significance

This study highlights the relevance of the spatial distribution of fungus-resistant grape varieties to reduce pesticide risk exposure in viticulture, which accounts for a significant share of pesticide use in agriculture overall. Reducing pesticide exposure risks to human health and the environment is an explicit policy goal. This study underscores the need to promote the broader planting of fungus-resistant varieties and implement targeted policies for their strategic placement in critical areas, thereby minimizing pesticide exposure risks for human health and the environment.

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地理位置问题：瑞士抗真菌葡萄的地理空间分析

葡萄栽培是经济上最相关但也是农药密集的农业部门之一，对人类健康和环境产生负面影响。抗真菌葡萄品种可以减少80%的杀菌剂在葡萄栽培中的使用。目的：实现有效和高效的农药风险降低不仅需要增加这些品种的种植，而且需要在正确的地方种植。本研究首次对抗真菌品种的地理空间分布进行了评价。方法利用来自瑞士沃州的详细小区数据（N = 19,385），我们调查了这些品种是否更有可能种植在农药暴露于人类健康（如人口稠密地区）和/或环境（如在特定生态系统内或附近）的地块上。结果与结论sour研究结果表明，抗真菌葡萄品种更可能种植在人口密集的居民区和湖泊附近，从而减少了人类对农药的暴露，减少了农药流入水体的量。然而，我们没有发现抗真菌品种更有可能种植在其他令人关注的地区，如受保护的水域、河流附近或公共远足路径附近。我们就如何改善空间配置提出了政策建议，即促进抗真菌品种的种植，特别是在关键地区。本研究强调了抗真菌葡萄品种的空间分布与降低葡萄栽培中农药风险暴露的相关性，这在整个农业中占农药使用的很大份额。减少农药接触对人类健康和环境的风险是一项明确的政策目标。这项研究强调有必要促进更广泛地种植抗真菌品种，并实施有针对性的政策，在关键地区战略性地放置这些品种，从而最大限度地减少农药对人类健康和环境的暴露风险。

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Agricultural Systems 农林科学-农业综合

CiteScore

13.30

自引率

7.60%

发文量

174

审稿时长

30 days

期刊介绍： Agricultural Systems is an international journal that deals with interactions - among the components of agricultural systems, among hierarchical levels of agricultural systems, between agricultural and other land use systems, and between agricultural systems and their natural, social and economic environments. The scope includes the development and application of systems analysis methodologies in the following areas: Systems approaches in the sustainable intensification of agriculture; pathways for sustainable intensification; crop-livestock integration; farm-level resource allocation; quantification of benefits and trade-offs at farm to landscape levels; integrative, participatory and dynamic modelling approaches for qualitative and quantitative assessments of agricultural systems and decision making; The interactions between agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes; the multiple services of agricultural systems; food security and the environment; Global change and adaptation science; transformational adaptations as driven by changes in climate, policy, values and attitudes influencing the design of farming systems; Development and application of farming systems design tools and methods for impact, scenario and case study analysis; managing the complexities of dynamic agricultural systems; innovation systems and multi stakeholder arrangements that support or promote change and (or) inform policy decisions.