Data Availability at Farm Level for Farms Across EU-27

EU wide Farm-level Carbon Calculator

Publication: Report
Citation: Kuikman, P.J., E. Andersen, B.S. Elbersen, A. Frelih Larsen, P.J. Jones, S. Naumann, J.J. Oñate, I. Staritsky (2013). EU wide Farm-level Carbon Calculator: data availability at farm level for farms across EU-27. A report on Deliverable 1 to the Institute of Environment and Sustainability (JRC/IES) by Alterra - WageningenUR, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 73 pp.

Kuikman, P.J., E. Andersen, B.S. Elbersen, A. Frelih Larsen, P.J. Jones, S. Naumann, J.J. Oñate, I. Staritsky (2013). EU wide Farm-level Carbon Calculator: data availability at farm level for farms across EU-27. A report on Deliverable 1 to the Institute of Environment and Sustainability (JRC/IES) by Alterra - WageningenUR, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 73 pp.

Policy Options for Promoting the Use of an EU-wide Carbon Calculator

Deliverables 2.4.2 and 2.5.2

Year 2013

Testing of a Farm Carbon Calculator

Dec 2011 - Mar 2013

Testing the Carbon Calculator

EU wide Farm‐level Carbon Calculator

Year 2013

Language: English
Authorship: Ana Frelih-Larsen

Sandra Naumann

Peter Kuikman (Alterra Wageningen UR)

Erling Andersen (University of Copenhagen)

Philip Jones (Universi ty of Reading)

Juan Oñate (Autonomous University of Madrid)

Igor Staritsky (Alterra Wageningen UR)
Funding: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), International
Year: 2013
Dimension: 73 pp.
Project: Testing of a Farm Carbon Calculator
Project ID: 2660-02
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Short description of the carbon calculator
1.3 The aim of the data survey
2 Approach
2.1 Sampling strategy
2.2 Questionnaire (see Annex 5 for full text of the questionnaire)
3 Results
3.1 Data availability on socio-economic and environmental characteristics
3.2 Data availability and reliability on farm activities and characteristics
3.3 Feasibility of the data access for the calculator and the willingness of farmers to use the calculator
3.4 Specific results on sub-sets of questions for the sections Cropland, Livestock, Other inputs and carbon in the Carbon Calculator
3.5 Data availability on farm activities and characteristics across regions and countries
3.6 Grassland and grassland management
4 Conclusions
5 Recommendations
Annex 1: Bio-geographic Regions (COM/2209/358)
Annex 2: Main farm type pattern. (Andersen. 2009)
Annex 3: Conclusions and feedback on specific regions across EU 27
Annex 4: Detailed results
Annex 5: Questionnaire full text
Keywords: Agriculture

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