Oene Oenema Wageningen University Alterra The Netherlands

1. DireDate Final SeminarDirect and indirect data needs linked to farms for Agri-Environmental Indicators Oene Oenema Wageningen University Alterra The Netherlands

2. Outline • What is DireDate? • What are agriculture – environmental interactions? • Brief overview of DireDate Tasks • Summary and main Recommendations

3. What is “DireDate”? • Service Contract Project, commissioned by the European Commission, DG EUROSTAT; • Deals with data & information about the ‘Agro-Environment’, about AEIs; • Duration: 16 months (27-11-2009 until....) • Consortium: 5 institutions

4. DLO-Alterra, Wageningen UR, NL (consortium leader) Department of Agro-ecology and Environment, University of Aarhus, Denmark Institute of Technology and Life Sciences, ITP/IMUZ, Falenty, Poland Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Wien, Austria, ADAS, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom CONSORTIUM

5. General objective “to create a framework for setting up a sustainable system for collecting a set of data from farmers and other sources that will serve primarily European and national statisticians for creating the agreed 28 agri-environmental indicators and thus serve policy makers, but as well agricultural and environmental researchers, observers of climate change and other environmental issues linked to agriculture”. Data collection Data processing Data reporting

6. 28 (32) agreed AEIs Second set of AEIs First set of AEIs Source: COM (2006) 508

7. UNFCCC Kyoto Protocol UNECE-CLRTAP Gothenburg Protocol EU National Emissions Ceilings Directive EU Strategy for Sustainable Development Emissions to air EU IPPC EU Birds & Habitat Directives EU CAP + cross compliance Food, fiber Services Resources Agriculture EU Food Quality Regulation EU Rural Development Program EU Directive on Pesticides EU Animal Welfare Emissionsto water EU Water Framework Directive EU Biofuel Directive EU Soils Strategy EU Nitrates Directive EU Groundwater Directive

8. Overview of the 9 tasks of DireDate 1: Analyse the AEI for data requirements, availability, gaps 2: Analyse other reporting needs related to AEI (EU legislations) 3: Analyse methods for GHG & NH3 emissions and N & P balances 4: Summarise data needs and identify potentials for harmonisation 5: Analyse needs for data combination 6: Characterise Member State data collection & reporting systems 7: Organise expert meetings, 8: Submit a technical document summarising tasks 1 to 7 9: Discuss the results of tasks 1 to 8 at a workshop

9. Task 3 Analysis of NH3 & GHG emissions & NP balances. • Methodologies and data requirements described • Recommendations for data collection: • For NH3, CH4 and N2O a tiered approach • For N and P balances different systems descriptions • Strong ‘institutionalization’ for NH3, CH4 & N2O emissions • Conventions, protocols, guidance documents: uniform reporting

10. Summary of preliminary recommendations (1) • Harmonization of policy reporting requirements needed • ‘Institutionalization’ of AE data needed: protocols, formats, QC&QA, responsibilities • Harmonization of data processing: ‘building block concept’ • Coordinated structure and procedures for data collection per MS

11. Summary main recommendations (2) • Harmonization of data collection procedures • According Regulation 1166/2008: FSS (farm structure surveys ) + SAPM (survey on agricultural production methods) + additional surveys • Revised FSS (once in 2/3 yrs) + revised SAPM (once in ~5yrs)