Biodiversityhttps://bab.gv.at/index.php2024-03-28T17:02:47+01:00Bundesanstalt für Agrarwirtschaft und Bergbauernfragenwebmaster@bab.gv.atJoomla! - Open Source Content ManagementBAB 075/24: GreeNet2024-02-08T13:09:41+01:002024-02-08T13:09:41+01:00https://bab.gv.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2309:bab-075-24-greenet&catid=112&lang=en&Itemid=413Michaela Hager<p>Grassland is valued not only as a source of fodder, but also as a habitat for a variety of plant and animal species and for its aesthetic and cultural value. Nevertheless, ecologically important grassland areas are under threat in many parts of Europe. Conservation measures are required to halt this deterioration. To be effective, these measures must take into account the landscape level.</p>
<h3>Objective</h3>
<p>The main objective of the project is to identify proven and cost-effective conservation measures and their spatial arrangement that enhance and protect the landscape and ensure the long-term resilience of European grasslands to biophysical degradation and adverse socio-economic developments.<br />GreeNet brings together agronomists, agricultural economists, biologists and landscape ecologists to analyze the interaction of conservation measures between fields, farms and the landscape in several European case studies. The results will feed into the scientific debate on resilient landscapes and support policy planners in developing effective strategies to protect biodiversity in European landscapes while maintaining the provision of diverse ecosystem services to local communities and society as a whole.<br /><br />GreeNet develops, modifies and applies a range of ecological methods (e.g. models, indicator assessments) to identify biodiversity and ecosystem service targets and analyze appropriate conservation actions at both field and landscape scales. The integration of results from bioeconomic farm models, the application of a landscape-level action planning model and the application of scenarios for future global change allow the derivation of optimal strategies to maintain or improve the resilience of landscapes. GreeNet will analyze the agricultural perspective by incorporating surveys of conservation decisions at the farm level. Finally, GreeNet will develop proven conservation incentive schemes and management strategies. This and the upscaling of the results to comparable grassland areas in Europe will allow to inform administration and policy makers about the need for protected landscapes and incentive options across Europe. Therefore, stakeholder involvement in several project steps is crucial.</p>
<h3>Planned work 2024</h3>
<p>Management of the international consortium, management of work package 1, survey of farmers (discrete choice experiment); creation and application of a farm model, co-supervision of the AT case study, development of nature conservation measures in agri-environmental programs, supervision of participatory processes</p>
<p>Timetable</p>
<p>roject start: 01.04.2023<br />Project end: 31.03.2026</p>
<p><br /><br />Translated with DeepL.com (free version)</p><p>Grassland is valued not only as a source of fodder, but also as a habitat for a variety of plant and animal species and for its aesthetic and cultural value. Nevertheless, ecologically important grassland areas are under threat in many parts of Europe. Conservation measures are required to halt this deterioration. To be effective, these measures must take into account the landscape level.</p>
<h3>Objective</h3>
<p>The main objective of the project is to identify proven and cost-effective conservation measures and their spatial arrangement that enhance and protect the landscape and ensure the long-term resilience of European grasslands to biophysical degradation and adverse socio-economic developments.<br />GreeNet brings together agronomists, agricultural economists, biologists and landscape ecologists to analyze the interaction of conservation measures between fields, farms and the landscape in several European case studies. The results will feed into the scientific debate on resilient landscapes and support policy planners in developing effective strategies to protect biodiversity in European landscapes while maintaining the provision of diverse ecosystem services to local communities and society as a whole.<br /><br />GreeNet develops, modifies and applies a range of ecological methods (e.g. models, indicator assessments) to identify biodiversity and ecosystem service targets and analyze appropriate conservation actions at both field and landscape scales. The integration of results from bioeconomic farm models, the application of a landscape-level action planning model and the application of scenarios for future global change allow the derivation of optimal strategies to maintain or improve the resilience of landscapes. GreeNet will analyze the agricultural perspective by incorporating surveys of conservation decisions at the farm level. Finally, GreeNet will develop proven conservation incentive schemes and management strategies. This and the upscaling of the results to comparable grassland areas in Europe will allow to inform administration and policy makers about the need for protected landscapes and incentive options across Europe. Therefore, stakeholder involvement in several project steps is crucial.</p>
<h3>Planned work 2024</h3>
<p>Management of the international consortium, management of work package 1, survey of farmers (discrete choice experiment); creation and application of a farm model, co-supervision of the AT case study, development of nature conservation measures in agri-environmental programs, supervision of participatory processes</p>
<p>Timetable</p>
<p>roject start: 01.04.2023<br />Project end: 31.03.2026</p>
<p><br /><br />Translated with DeepL.com (free version)</p>BAB 060/22: Converting Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) into Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN)2022-03-22T09:21:09+01:002022-03-22T09:21:09+01:00https://bab.gv.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2149:bab-060-22-converting-farm-accountancy-data-network-fadn-into-farm-sustainability-data-network-fsdn&catid=112&lang=en&Itemid=413Michaela Hager<p>The Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) has been collecting economic data from agricultural holdings for decades. Due to the reorientation of EU agricultural policy with a focus on greater sustainability, the FADN is to be expanded into an information network on agricultural sustainability (FSDN). The European Commission is therefore proposing an amendment to the FADN basic regulation. This should also enable the collection of data to underpin and monitor the objectives of the Green Deal, the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Biodiversity Strategy. In the future, in addition to the microeconomic farm data already collected, sustainability data will also be collected to provide information on social and environmental sustainability.</p>
<h3>Objective</h3>
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<li>To assess the feasibility of collecting farm-level data for a range of sustainability topics, e.g. Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) objectives, Farm to Fork (F2F) and biodiversity strategies, and other sustainability indicators.</li>
<li>Description of a methodological approach for the efficient and effective collection of data at farm level for the above-mentioned topics.</li>
<li>Development of possible strategies to implement a common and harmonized methodology for the collection of sustainability data for all Member States, including a roadmap for the transformation of the current FADN into the FSDN.</li>
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<h3>Work carried out</h3>
<p>As part of the pilot project "Converting Farm Accountancy Data Network (FAD) into Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN)", the questionnaire sent out by ECORYS (contractor of the EU Commission) for the "Liaison Office" for Austria was answered in 2022 in cooperation with Department II/1 (Otto Hofer) and the LBG (Franz Fensl). On the other hand, in consultation with the LBG, interviews were conducted with 32 pilot farms in accordance with the selection plan submitted by ECORYS.In the second phase (year 2023), questions regarding the IT infrastructure and the current implementation of data collection for FADN in Austria were answered (questionnaire from ECORYS). There was also participation in the final conference at which the most important results were presented. In addition, the BAB is involved in responding to inquiries and is involved in the preparation of statements on the subject of "FSDN".</p>
<h3>Planned work 2024 </h3>
<p>At a FADN Committee Meeting of the EC in October 2023, a follow-up project on the standardized identification of agricultural enterprises and the resulting possible linking of data from different data sources (IFS, FADN, IACS) was approved.<br />In coordination with the BML, the BAB will participate as required in the follow-up project and in answering any questions and drafting statements on the expansion of the FADN to include sustainability data.<br />The duration of the above-mentioned project will therefore be extended until the end of 2025.</p>
<h3>Timetable</h3>
<p>Project start: 01/2022<br />Project end: 03/2025</p>
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<h3>Objective</h3>
<ul>
<li>To assess the feasibility of collecting farm-level data for a range of sustainability topics, e.g. Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) objectives, Farm to Fork (F2F) and biodiversity strategies, and other sustainability indicators.</li>
<li>Description of a methodological approach for the efficient and effective collection of data at farm level for the above-mentioned topics.</li>
<li>Development of possible strategies to implement a common and harmonized methodology for the collection of sustainability data for all Member States, including a roadmap for the transformation of the current FADN into the FSDN.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Work carried out</h3>
<p>As part of the pilot project "Converting Farm Accountancy Data Network (FAD) into Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN)", the questionnaire sent out by ECORYS (contractor of the EU Commission) for the "Liaison Office" for Austria was answered in 2022 in cooperation with Department II/1 (Otto Hofer) and the LBG (Franz Fensl). On the other hand, in consultation with the LBG, interviews were conducted with 32 pilot farms in accordance with the selection plan submitted by ECORYS.In the second phase (year 2023), questions regarding the IT infrastructure and the current implementation of data collection for FADN in Austria were answered (questionnaire from ECORYS). There was also participation in the final conference at which the most important results were presented. In addition, the BAB is involved in responding to inquiries and is involved in the preparation of statements on the subject of "FSDN".</p>
<h3>Planned work 2024 </h3>
<p>At a FADN Committee Meeting of the EC in October 2023, a follow-up project on the standardized identification of agricultural enterprises and the resulting possible linking of data from different data sources (IFS, FADN, IACS) was approved.<br />In coordination with the BML, the BAB will participate as required in the follow-up project and in answering any questions and drafting statements on the expansion of the FADN to include sustainability data.<br />The duration of the above-mentioned project will therefore be extended until the end of 2025.</p>
<h3>Timetable</h3>
<p>Project start: 01/2022<br />Project end: 03/2025</p>
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<p> </p>BF 143/15: Public Ecosystem Goods and Services from land management – Unlocking the Synergies (PEGASUS)2015-01-02T13:30:32+01:002015-01-02T13:30:32+01:00https://bab.gv.at/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26amp%3Bview%3Darticle%26amp%3Bid%3D2042%3Abf-143-15-public-ecosystem-goods-and-services-from-land-management-%E2%80%93-unlocking-the-synergies-pegasus%26amp%3Bcatid%3D112%26amp%3Blang%3Den%26amp%3BItemid%3D413Michaela Hager<p><em>Gerhard Hovorka, Thomas Dax, Josef Hoppichler, Thilo Nigmann</em></p>
<p>The management of agricultural and forestry land increasingly includes the provision of public goods and the provision of specific ecosystem services. The PEGASUS project is developing innovative and practice-oriented approaches for the application of these two concepts: The aim is to identify effective application tools to contribute to the sustainability of primary production. In particular, the project aimed to make the discussion of the production of public goods through land use understandable with practical examples and to develop contributions to the design of policy instruments.<br /><br />The project under the EU's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (ISIB-2014-2) focused on capturing public goods and the institutional processes and support systems required for them by examining regional focal points (case studies). It also provided for the involvement of regional stakeholders to capture the understanding and best possible delivery of public goods in the selected rural regions.<br /><br />The project was carried out over a three-year period (March 2015 - February 2018) in an intensive cooperation of the 14 international project partners and the final report was accepted by the EU Commission after the final discussion at the end of April 2018. Administrative closure and financial settlement have also taken place. As part of the exploitation of the far-reaching results of the project, in particular the analyses of the total of 34 sectoral, multi-sectoral and territorial case studies from the 10 partner countries of the project were used for the publication activities and discussion of the project results. In addition to international presentations and publications of the work (e.g. publication of the Austrian case study results in the journal Studies in Agricultural Economics), it was planned to prepare a synopsis of the project work of all project partners and the conclusions for policy and practice in a German-language publication by the Federal Institute for Mining Studies by spring 2019, thus concluding the project.<br /><br />The EU project 143/15 (PEGASUS) was completed in 2019. Due to the many other activities, it was not possible to produce the planned German-language short Facts&Features in a foreseeable time and with the corresponding effort.<br /><br />Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)</p><p><em>Gerhard Hovorka, Thomas Dax, Josef Hoppichler, Thilo Nigmann</em></p>
<p>The management of agricultural and forestry land increasingly includes the provision of public goods and the provision of specific ecosystem services. The PEGASUS project is developing innovative and practice-oriented approaches for the application of these two concepts: The aim is to identify effective application tools to contribute to the sustainability of primary production. In particular, the project aimed to make the discussion of the production of public goods through land use understandable with practical examples and to develop contributions to the design of policy instruments.<br /><br />The project under the EU's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (ISIB-2014-2) focused on capturing public goods and the institutional processes and support systems required for them by examining regional focal points (case studies). It also provided for the involvement of regional stakeholders to capture the understanding and best possible delivery of public goods in the selected rural regions.<br /><br />The project was carried out over a three-year period (March 2015 - February 2018) in an intensive cooperation of the 14 international project partners and the final report was accepted by the EU Commission after the final discussion at the end of April 2018. Administrative closure and financial settlement have also taken place. As part of the exploitation of the far-reaching results of the project, in particular the analyses of the total of 34 sectoral, multi-sectoral and territorial case studies from the 10 partner countries of the project were used for the publication activities and discussion of the project results. In addition to international presentations and publications of the work (e.g. publication of the Austrian case study results in the journal Studies in Agricultural Economics), it was planned to prepare a synopsis of the project work of all project partners and the conclusions for policy and practice in a German-language publication by the Federal Institute for Mining Studies by spring 2019, thus concluding the project.<br /><br />The EU project 143/15 (PEGASUS) was completed in 2019. Due to the many other activities, it was not possible to produce the planned German-language short Facts&Features in a foreseeable time and with the corresponding effort.<br /><br />Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)</p>