Researchprojects

2020 / 12

AWI 185/18EU: LIVERUR – The Living Lab concept in rural areas

Initial situation Against the background of the Europe 2020 Strategy (smart, sustainable, inclusive growth) and the challenges of migration from rural regions as well as a high average age of the rural population, concepts are sought to maintain a viable and liveable rural area. The corresponding call in the Horizon 2020 research programme ("Business Models for Modern Rural Areas") aims to utilise the potential in rural areas. The food sector and rural areas are to be supported...

BAB 017/18: Agricultural Price Indices

Initial situation At the beginning of 2016, responsibility for compiling the agricultural price indices (EU and national) was transferred to the Austrian Federal Statistical Office and the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics and Mountain Farming. The Austrian Federal Statistical Office is responsible for calculating all EU and national indices (output and input) and for transmitting data to the Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT). With the agricultural and forestry...

BAB 010/04: Library networking and information collecting in the range of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water

Initial situation The BML (Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management) has been operating an agricultural library network since 2003, to which various federal institutes, the University of Agricultural and Environmental Education and 10 HBLAs belonged - a total of 20 libraries. At the beginning of 2022, the BML decided to discontinue the BIS-C software (DABIS), which had been in use since 1991. A strategic concept was required for the reorientation of a knowledge...

AWI/184/18: CAP beyond 2020

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is one of the EU's oldest and financially most important policies. Its main objectives are: i) to increase agricultural productivity by promoting technical progress, rationalisation and the best possible use of the factors of production, in particular labour; ii) thus to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, in particular by increasing per capita income; iii) to stabilise markets; iv) to ensure the availability of supplies; and...

BAB 013/05: Mapping Gender

analysis and graphical presentation of gender-disaggregated data in the field of agriculture and rural areas Status of the project and work in 2024 IIn 2023, the two fact sheets "Mapping Gender: Business start-ups by women in rural regions in Austria" (FS 10) and "The female face of agriculture and forestry" (FS 11) were published as part of the project. In 2024, the following topics will be addressed: "Use of digitalization by women in rural areas and in agriculture", "Provision of...

BAB 009/04: Development of a model system

Initial situation ommon Agricultural Policy (CAP) measures pursue objectives such as supporting farm incomes, increasing competitiveness or promoting the sustainable management of natural resources. The objectives and associated measures address and influence many different components (e.g. farms, natural resources) and actors of the entire agricultural, environmental and food system. Various methods and models can be used to assess the effects of changes in agricultural policy framework...

AWI 180/17: Options for stabilising income of agricultural holdings

Initial situation The income of a farm fluctuates because the components of income (volumes, prices, agricultural payments, etc.) also fluctuate. Various influencing factors are cited in the literature as causes of price volatility in procurement and sales markets, including changes in supply and demand, environmental conditions (e.g. weather extremes resulting in crop failures), changes in trade policy (e.g. trade restrictions) or macroeconomic factors (e.g. global money supply)....

BAB 012/05: Structuring and management of the data pool

Initial situation Work on facilitating access to and use of the INVEKOS data has so far been carried out mainly by Department II/1 of the BML. The current scope of the data offered is documented in the form of a description of the tables available in the respective year and their contents. Regular evaluations from the data pool are used, among other things, to prepare the BML's Green Report, to evaluate the Austrian Rural Development Program, to prepare the national agricultural accounts and...

BAB 008/01: Comparative analyses of economic data in cash crop farming used in further education programmes

Initial situation The "Arable farming" working group advisory service has been a successful nationwide training and advisory focus for many years. The top priority is the higher qualification of farmers. Farm comparisons are an important part of the working group's work. The evaluation and analysis of individual farm records and the presentation of the most important production and economic parameters, together with the exchange of experience, form the basis for the work of the working...

BAB 018/19: Organic Crop Yields

Initial situation Organic farming has been an important part of agricultural production in Austria for many years. Around 25% of agricultural land is currently farmed organically. The BML is making efforts to promote and further develop organic farming by focusing on specific measures. Information on area yields of the various crops as well as total quantities, local differences, potential demand and actual yield differences compared to conventional production are fundamental to this. In...

BAB 011/05: Preparation of the bases for the Green Report and FADN as well as its scientific further development

Objective Section 16 of the Federal Offices Act (Bundesämtergesetz i.d.g.F.) stipulates that the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Mountain Farming is responsible for the preparation of the Green Report. The activities required for the preparation of the Green Report and the Farm Accountancy Data Network of the European Union (FADN) are defined in the form of work orders within the framework of this long-term project and the orders defined there are processed by the Federal Agency. In...

BAB 007/01: National report on Austrian pig producers - a comparative analysis of working group data

Initial situation The crises of recent years and their impact on price developments on international markets, changing agricultural policy and social conditions (e.g. animal welfare) and the spread of animal diseases (e.g. African swine fever) are just some of the challenges that Austrian pig farming has to face. In this respect, specialist advice tailored to the respective husbandry methods and operational conditions is becoming increasingly important. In this respect, the working group...

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