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dc.contributor.authorKelly, Edel*
dc.contributor.authorLatruffe, Laure*
dc.contributor.authorDesjeux, Yann*
dc.contributor.authorRyan, Mary*
dc.contributor.authorUthes, Sandra*
dc.contributor.authorDiazabakanab, Ambre*
dc.contributor.authorDillon, Emma*
dc.contributor.authorFinn, John*
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-12T13:36:38Z
dc.date.available2018-11-12T13:36:38Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.identifier.citationKelly, E., Latruffe, L., Desjeux, Y., Ryan, M., Uthes, S., & Diazabakana, A. Dillon, E., and Finn, J. (2018). Sustainability indicators for improved assessment of the effects of agricultural policy across the EU: Is FADN the answer?. Ecological Indicators, 89, 903-911. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.053en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/1631
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractPolicy reform of the CAP and society’s expectations of agriculture have resulted in a growing need for improved information on the effectiveness of policy in achieving high-level objectives for more sustainable practice in agriculture. This is a high priority given its importance for consumers, public policy and private industry. Data collection programmes will need to adapt their scope if their information is to adequately address new information needs about high-level objectives. Assessment of sustainability at the farm level is hindered by the lack of data with which to derive appropriate, meaningful, and relevant indicators. This is particularly problematic for assessment of agricultural sustainability across the European Union (EU). Various databases exist at the EU scale regarding agricultural data sources and we identify one of these, the EU Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN), as having considerable potential to assess farm-level sustainability at EU level. We critique several examples of published work that has attempted to assess agricultural sustainability using: FADN data alone; FADN data in combination with data from supplementary surveys, and; FADN data in combination with data from other EU databases. We conclude that the FADN would need to broaden its scope of data collection if it is to address the new information needs of policy, and we discuss the challenges in expanding FADN with a view towards wider farm-level assessment of sustainability. These include careful selection of indicators based on various criteria, the representativeness of the FADN, and the need to include new themes to address environmental, social, and animal welfare effects of policy.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was partly funded by the FLINT project under the EU Seventh Framework Programme grant number 613800.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEcological Indicators;
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectindicatorsen_US
dc.subjectEuropean unionen_US
dc.subjectfarm accountancy data networken_US
dc.subjectrural development programmeen_US
dc.titleSustainability indicators for improved assessment of the effects of agricultural policy across the EU: Is FADN the answer?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.embargo.terms2019-02-12en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.053
dc.contributor.sponsorEuropean Unionen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber613800en_US


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