Data on the adoption of pesticide-free wheat production in Switzerland

Niklas Möhring; Robert Finger

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.107867

Data on the adoption of pesticide-free wheat production in Switzerland

Data Brief. 2022 Jan 23:41:107867. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.107867. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Niklas Möhring^{1

2}, Robert Finger¹

Affiliations

¹ Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 33, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland.
² Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS and La Rochelle Université, Beauvoir-sur-Niort, France.

Abstract

The reduction of environmental and health risks from pesticide use is on top of the agenda of the food-value chain actors. The establishment of pesticide-free production systems could be a cornerstone for the sustainable intensification of agriculture. In Switzerland, a pesticide-free but non-organic wheat production standard is currently being introduced. We present survey data of 1105 IP-SUISSE producers on adoption, future adoption, expectations and perceptions of the program, structural farm, and farmers' characteristics, and producers' risk preferences, farming objectives, attitudes and goals, self-efficacy, and locus of control. The data was collected to identify adoption determinants, barriers, and incentives for pesticide-free wheat production. The data is combined with publicly available data on soil properties, climate, weed pressure, and spread of herbicide resistance.

Keywords: Adoption; Pesticide; Pesticide-free; Public-private; Sustainability standard; Sustainable agriculture; Switzerland; Wheat.