DireDate Final SeminarDirect and indirect data needs linked to farms for Agri-Environmental Indicators

Oene OenemaWageningen University

AlterraThe Netherlands

Outline

What is DireDate?

What are agriculture – environmental interactions?

Brief overview of DireDate Tasks

Summary and main Recommendations

What is “DireDate”?

Service Contract Project, commissioned by the European Commission, DG EUROSTAT;

Deals with data & information about the ‘Agro-Environment’, about AEIs;

Duration: 16 months (27-11-2009 until....) Consortium: 5 institutions

CONSORTIUM

DLO-Alterra, Wageningen UR, NL (consortium leader)

Department of Agro-ecology and Environment, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Institute of Technology and Life Sciences, ITP/IMUZ, Falenty, Poland

Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Wien, Austria,

ADAS, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

General objective

“to create a framework for setting up a sustainable system for collecting a set of data from farmers and other sources that will serve primarily European and national statisticians for creating the agreed 28 agri-environmental indicators and thus serve policy makers, but as well agricultural and environmental researchers, observers of climate change and other environmental issues linked to agriculture”.

Data collection

Data processing

Data reporting

28 (32) agreed AEIs

AEI 5 Mineral fertiliser consumption D AEI 1 Agri-env commitment RAEI 6 Consumption of pesticides D AEI 2 Agricultural areas under Natura 2000 RAEI 7 Irrigation D AEI 3 Farmers’ training level ….. RAEI 8 Energy use D AEI 4 Area under organic farming RAEI 11.1 Soil cover D AEI 9 Land use change DAEI 11.2 Tillage practices D AEI 10.1 Cropping patterns DAEI 11.3 Manure storage D AEI 10.2 Livestock patterns DAEI 12 Intensification/extensification D AEI 13 Specialisation DAEI 15 Gross nitrogen balance P AEI 14 Risk of land abandonment DAEI 16 Risk of pollution by phosphorus P AEI 17 Pesticide risk PAEI 18 Ammonia emissions P AEI 20 Water abstraction PAEI 19 Greenhouse gas emissions P AEI 21 Soil erosion PAEI 26 Soil quality S AEI 22 Genetic diversity P

AEI 23 High Nature Value farmland PAEI 24 Renewable energy PAEI 25 Farmland birds SAEI 27.1 Water quality – Nitrate SAEI 27.2 Water quality – Pesticide SAEI 28 Landscape - State and diversity S

First priority AEIs

DPSIR Scond priority AEIs

DPSIR

Source: COM (2006) 508

First set of AEIs

Second set of AEIs

AgricultureResourcesFood, fiberServices

Emissions to air

Emissions

to water

UNFCCC Kyoto ProtocolUNECE-CLRTAP Gothenburg Protocol

EU National Emissions Ceilings Directive

EU IPPC

EU CAP + cross compliance

EU Rural Development Program

EU Water Framework Directive

EU Nitrates Directive

EU Directive on Pesticides

EU Strategy for Sustainable Development

EU Birds & Habitat Directives

EU Soils Strategy EU Groundwater Directive

EU Animal Welfare

EU Food Quality Regulation

EU Biofuel Directive

Overview of the 9 tasks of DireDate

1: Analyse the AEI for data requirements, availability, gaps

2: Analyse other reporting needs related to AEI (EU legislations)

3: Analyse methods for GHG & NH3 emissions and N & P balances

4: Summarise data needs and identify potentials for harmonisation

5: Analyse needs for data combination

6: Characterise Member State data collection & reporting systems

7: Organise expert meetings,

8: Submit a technical document summarising tasks 1 to 7

9: Discuss the results of tasks 1 to 8 at a workshop

Task 3 Analysis of NH3 & GHG emissions & NP

balances.

Methodologies and data requirements described

Recommendations for data collection: For NH3, CH4 and N2O a tiered approach For N and P balances different systems descriptions

Strong ‘institutionalization’ for NH3, CH4 & N2O emissions Conventions, protocols, guidance documents: uniform reporting

Summary of preliminary recommendations (1)

1. Harmonization of policy reporting requirements needed

2. ‘Institutionalization’ of AE data needed: protocols, formats, QC&QA, responsibilities

3. Harmonization of data processing: ‘building block concept’

4. Coordinated structure and procedures for data collection per MS

Summary main recommendations (2)

5. Harmonization of data collection procedures1. According Regulation 1166/2008: FSS (farm

structure surveys ) + SAPM (survey on agricultural production methods) + additional surveys

2. Revised FSS (once in 2/3 yrs) + revised SAPM (once in ~5yrs)