On average FA farm
owners had the lowest average response, and responses by all groups were unaffected by age or education status.
Prohibited pesticide use was higher on non-FA farms (4.9% of all pesticides) than on FA farms (1.3%). Pesticide
products observed on FA member farms generally contained newer classes of active ingredients and were
most frequently from major manufacturing companies in Europe, North America and Japan. Older, off-patent
active ingredient-containing products were frequently observed on non-FA farms, often from so-called ‘metoo’
producing companies in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.