Establishing barriers and needs for increased uptake of alternative weed control across Europe: Survey results from the UK, Latvia, France, Italy, Greece, Sweden and Spain.

Reduced use of chemical herbicides and increased uptake of alternative weed control methods will only occur if there is improved understanding of the current barriers and needs of key stakeholders. An online survey about stakeholders’ perspectives and use of alternative weed control methods was carried out with Farmers, Agronomists, Researchers, Policy makers/advisors in 2023. Key barriers and needs were identified to encourage farmers to adopt sustainable weed control approaches which should guide future work addressing the implementation of Integrated Weed Management. Data consists of returned responses of participants across seven countries involved in the OPER8 project. 

The OPER8 Project has received funding from The European Union Horizon 2021 Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Programme under grant agreement 101060591