New digital magazine featuring SPRINT
SPRINT has been showcased within a special issue digital magazine which presents the important agricultural research being carried out by Wageningen University and Research. The article explains why pesticide research is so important before introducing the SPRINT project, which is investigating the environmental and human health implications of agricultural pesticide use.
Would you like to learn more about SPRINT? Here is our animated video introducing the project:
SPRINT gender survey: Key findings
Our SPRINT project partners are keen to ensure that we achieve a good gender balance amongst our participants and researchers. To investigate whether we have been successful, we undertook an online gender survey. We had 84 responses to this and we are pleased to share the results.
New SPRINT blog post!
Agricultural pesticide use in Argentina: The extent, the risks, and the challenges.
Argentina is the only non-European case study site included in SPRINT. We included Argentina in our project because it is the main exporter of soy for animal feed in Europe. In addition, this allows us to compare our findings in Europe against those in South America, where pesticides are often applied more frequently and in greater volumes. Argentina, our chosen case study, is the third biggest pesticide user in the world, with only China and the US using more. In addition, several of the pesticides used in Argentina are no longer approved for use across the EU, so this case study will provide insights into the risks of imported chemicals. This article provides an overview of farming in Argentina before examining the extent of pesticide reliance and the potential risks of current usage.
Introducing the aims of SPRINT and the SPRINT toolbox
In the video below, Violette Geissen (Project coordinator of SPRINT) outlines the aims and goals of the EU-funded SPRINT project.
We're currently working on producing a toolbox that will assess the human and environmental health risks associated with pesticide use. Anke Huss from the University of Utrecht is giving a small introduction about the toolbox.
Did you know that all SPRINT videos can be watched here?
