Manure and environment — Italy
Dehesa Index brings together 15 “Manure and environment” series for Italy, with official data and its history (since Jan 2005, latest 2024). Each value is shown as the source publishes it, not converted or recalculated.
In brief
In their latest reading, 5 of the 15 series rose, 10 fell against the previous observation. The largest rise is “Pesticide sales: Group 3, active substances candidates for substitution (tonnes of active substance, Eurostat)” (+13.6 %, 2024); the largest fall, “Food waste: Primary production of food, agriculture, fishing and aquaculture (Kilograms per capita, Eurostat)” (−90.9 %, 2024). Against the same period a year earlier (14 comparable series), “Pesticide sales: Group 3, active substances candidates for substitution (tonnes of active substance, Eurostat)” rose most (+13.6 %) and “Food waste: Primary production of food, agriculture, fishing and aquaculture (Kilograms per capita, Eurostat)” fell most (−90.9 %).
Computed from the series in the table; each keeps its own frequency and unit.
| Series | Latest | Period | Change | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshwater abstraction (Million cubic metres, Eurostat) | 8,863 | 2024 | −2.95 % | Million cubic metres |
| Air emissions of agriculture, forestry and fishing (NACE A): methane (thousand t CO2e, Eurostat) | 20,467 | 2024 | −2.28 % | thousand t CO2e |
| Air emissions of agriculture, forestry and fishing (NACE A): carbon dioxide (thousand t, Eurostat) | 9,228 | 2024 | +4.23 % | thousand t |
| Air emissions of agriculture, forestry and fishing (NACE A): greenhouse gases, total (thousand t CO2e, Eurostat) | 41,303 | 2024 | −0.49 % | thousand t CO2e |
| Air emissions of agriculture, forestry and fishing (NACE A): nitrous oxide (thousand t CO2e, Eurostat) | 11,545 | 2024 | −0.73 % | thousand t CO2e |
| Air emissions of agriculture, forestry and fishing (NACE A): ammonia (thousand t, Eurostat) | 349 | 2023 | +11.0 % | thousand t |
| Pesticide sales: Categories B, D, E and F, chemical active substances (tonnes of active substance, Eurostat) | 38,201 | 2024 | +1.29 % | t |
| Pesticide sales: Group 1, low-risk active substances (tonnes of active substance, Eurostat) | 265 | 2024 | −4.60 % | t |
| Pesticide sales: Group 2, active substances (tonnes of active substance, Eurostat) | 29,087 | 2024 | −2.25 % | t |
| Pesticide sales: Group 3, active substances candidates for substitution (tonnes of active substance, Eurostat) | 9,026 | 2024 | +13.6 % | t |
| Pesticide sales: Group 4, non-approved active substances (tonnes of active substance, Eurostat) | 1,978 | 2024 | −1.64 % | t |
| Pesticide sales: Categories A and C, non-chemical active substances (tonnes of active substance, Eurostat) | 178 | 2024 | −33.4 % | t |
| Use and risk of chemical pesticides: harmonised risk indicator (index 2015-2017 = 100, Eurostat) | 36.0 | 2023 | −21.7 % | index 2015-17=100 |
| Food waste: Primary production of food, agriculture, fishing and aquaculture (Kilograms per capita, Eurostat) | 1.00 | 2024 | −90.9 % | Kilograms per capita |
| Food waste: Total activities by households (Kilograms per capita, Eurostat) | 103 | 2024 | +5.10 % | Kilograms per capita |
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Source: Eurostat (official Italian data: ISTAT, MASAF) · Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU); cite source · Data updated: 2026-11-03
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