Editing Pesticide application intensity (section)

== Monitoring and Measurement ==
Monitoring pesticide application intensity involves collecting data on the types, quantities, and frequencies of pesticides applied within agricultural areas. This is achieved through a combination of field surveys, farmer reports, agricultural census data, remote sensing, and modeling approaches. Institutions such as universities and research organizations develop global and regional datasets that estimate pesticide application rates by crop and geography, including products like the PEST-CHEMGRIDS global gridded maps. Analytical methods may include chemical residue analysis in soils and water, as well as spatial interpolation techniques to estimate application intensity where direct measurements are unavailable. Advances in precision agriculture technologies also support variable rate application monitoring, improving spatial and temporal resolution of pesticide use data.

Within the SIGNAL system, pesticide application intensity is treated as a defined environmental signal whose boundaries and measurement conventions are described below.