The EU farm structure surveysfrom 2010 onwards.pptVIP

The EU farm structure surveys from 2010 onwards Hubert Charlier hubert.charlier@ec.europa.eu A new Regulation concerning the agricultural census 2010 Under discussion over the past 3 years and still to be adopted by the European Parliament and Council. The main deal is + Increasing the list of items to cope with new needs Reducing the frequency of the intermediate Farm Structure Surveys Modular approach Using administrative sources +/- Sampling (limited) The new Regulation is organizing The agricultural census 2010 The SAPM 2010 (Survey on Agricultural Production Methods) The FSS 2013 and 2016 (Farm Structure Sample Surveys) Census 2010A rebalanced list of characteristics To better meet agri-environment, sustainable development and food safety concerns Information on organic farming, GMOs, energy crops Equipment for renewable energy A separate module on production methods To monitor the EU rural development policy Benefits from rural development measures Non agricultural gainful activities of the farmers (diversification) List of characteristics Location, type of tenure, farming system (EC certified of which organic farming) Land (in particular irrigation, GMOs, energy crops) Livestock Equipment for renewable energy production Labour force Other gainful activities of the holding Support for rural development Other innovations Coverage Georeference Use of administrative sources Precision Coverage Holdings 1 ha = 98% of UAA and livestock = physical thresholds Activities with low prevalence Physical thresholds Number of holdings per Member State in 2005 Georeference To overcome the instability of the regional or municipality codes Because data is required for input to GIS so that it can be overlaid with any other spatial data Direct identification problem If a latitude and longitude location contains only one agricultural holding, then the holding shall be attributed to a neighbouring location, so that at least two holdings are attributed to a given lo