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Conversion and transmission of national farm returns to the Farm Accountancy Data Network of the European Union (FADN) and methodological developments in terms of policy advice
Project
Project code: TI-BW-08-PID1532
Contract period: 01.12.2012
- 31.12.2020
Purpose of research: Inventory & Assessment
The Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) is a harmonised data base throughout the EU that consists of accounting data from a representative sample of agricultural holdings. Based on this income, structural and production developments can be analysed. The EU Commission uses the FADN extensively to evaluate the impacts of the CAP and to design new policy measures. In 2012 the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture transferred the responsibilities of the national Liaison Agency for the FADN to the Thünen Institute of Farm Economics. We are working with the FADN Committee, which serves, among others, to address future requirements of the data base (e.g., with regard to the latest CAP reform). We also develop proposals for a better coverage of other gainful activities as well as partnerships and legal persons and how income indicators can be adjusted. We are currently validating the data conversion and implementing the requirements of the new FADN farm return. Furthermore, we investigate the causes of differences, for example with regard to stock validation and income indicators between the national farm return and the FADN. Using FADN we perform comparative analyses across Member States. We apply various statistical and econometric methods depending on the concrete issue and use time-series and cross-sectional analyses at the farm level. Based on a special weighting system the results can be extrapolated to the sector level.
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Subjects
- Business administration
- Computer science
