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OECD Workshop on Agri-Environmental Indicators, Leysin, Switzerland, 23-26 March 2010

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OECD Workshop on Agri-Environmental Indicators, Leysin, Switzerland,
23-26 March, 2010

International experts, including policy decision makers, statisticians, research scientists and economists, and representatives of the private sector and environmental groups, participated in this workshop, where the main objectives were to:

Examine the current set of OECD set of agri-environmental indicators (AEIs) in terms of their strengths and weaknesses, lessons learned, and uses made of AEIs by policy makers.
Review future directions for agri-environmental indicators to meet the demands of policy makers, with emphasis on recommendations for the future direction of OECD AEI work.

Report of the Workshop (PDF)

Documents for participants

Draft Agenda (PDF)

Workshop papers and presentations

SESSION 1: WELCOME, OVERVIEW OF WORKSHOP AND KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

WELCOME AND OVERVIEW OF WORKSHOP

Welcome
Dominique KOHLI, Head of the Strategic and Evaluation Unit, Federal Department of Economic (DFE), Federal Office of Agriculture (OFAG), Berne, Switzerland (15 minutes).
Overview of Workshop
Kevin PARRIS, Senior Agricultural Policy Analyst, Agricultural Policies and Environment Division, OECD, Paris, France (15 minutes).

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Linking Farm-Level Measurement Systems to Environmental Sustainability Outcomes: Challenges and Ways Forward
László PINTER^a and Aimee RUSSILLO^b, a. Measurement and Assessment Program, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg, Canada; b. Liseed Consulting, Berea KY, United States (15 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint

Normative, systemic and procedural aspects: a review of indicator-based sustainability assessments in agriculture
Claudia R. BINDER¹ and Giuseppe FEOLA²
1. Institute for System Science, Innovation and Sustainability Research, University of Graz, Austria; 2. Social and Industrial Ecology, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland (15 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Indicators in time, space and multiple domains: Lessons from applying an integrated assessment tool for agricultural systems
Sander JANSSEN, Researcher, Alterra - Centre for Geo-information, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Martin van ITTERSUM, Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; and Erling ANDERSEN, University of Copenhagen, Forest and Landscape, Denmark (15 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint

SESSION 2 – REVIEWING RECENT EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE PLANS IN USING AEIs AS A POLICY TOOL

SESSION 2 PART I – OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS

Agri-environmental monitoring: a Tool for evaluation and support of decision-making for Swiss agricultural policy
Brigitte DECRAUSAZ, Office fédéral de l’agriculture, Unité de direction Evaluation et stratégie, Secteur écologie, Switzerland (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Information, indicators, agricultural productivity and sustainable practices - Australian case studies
Mike GRUNDY, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Using Agri-Environmental Indicators in Decision-Making: Examples from Canada and Issues to Consider
Sarah KALFF, Agri-environment Services Branch, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Canada (10 minutes).
Paper (revision 17 March) Powerpoint
Development of Agri-environmental indicators in Austria
Ingeborg FIALA, Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Unit II/5, Vienna, Austria (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
The ARMS: A Survey Supporting Indicator Development and Economic Policy Analysis
Robert M. EBEL and Utpal VASAVADA, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington DC, United States (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Experiences in using Agri-Environmental Indicators as a policy tool in the Norwegian agri-environmental programme
Bjørn HUSO, Norwegian Agricultural Authority, Norway (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Regionalised Agri-Environmental Monitoring on a Farm-Based Activity-Report Data Network
Silvio BLASER, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Switzerland (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
EU Agri-Environmental indicators and the Rural Development CMEF indicators (Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework): a coherent system of analysis
Angelo INNAMORATI, European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Unit H1 - Environment, GMO and genetic resources, Brussels, Belgium (10 minutes).
Powerpoint
Eurostat tender on direct and indirect data needs linked to farms for Agri-Environmental Indicators
Ludivine BAUDOUIN, Eurostat, Luxembourg (10 minutes).
Powerpoint
Experiences with the evaluation of agricultural practices for EU Agri-Environmental Indicators
Hans-Peter PIORR, University of Applied Sciences, Eberswalde (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Application of agri-environmental indicators in Portugal
Rui PEREIRA and Teresa AVELAR, Directorate for Policy and Planning, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
French environmental certification scheme: Co-construction of environmental performance indicators
Alexandre MEYBECK and Nathanaël PINGAULT, Office of environmental strategy, Service of agro-food and sustainable development strategy, Directorate of agriculture and agro-food policy, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Paris, France (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint Powerpoint level 3

SESSION 2 PART II – SOIL, PESTICIDE AND NUTRIENT INDICATORS

Agri-environmental Soil Quality Indicator in the European perspective
Gergely TÓTH, Land Management & Natural Hazards Unit, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
The approach of the German Pesticide Risk Indicator SYNOPS in the frame of the National Action plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides
Jörn STRASSEMEYER, Institute for Strategies and Technology Assessment in Plant Protection, Julius Kuehn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Kleinmachnow, Germany (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Agri-Environmental Indicators for Biological Control and IPM
Bernard J.BLUM, International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA), International Affairs Member of the Board of Directors, Basel, Switzerland (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint (revision 15 March)
OPERA- The European Observatory on Pesticide and risk analysis
Silke BOLLMOHR, Scientific Officer of OPERA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy (10 minutes).
Powerpoint
Policy targets related to nitrogen emissions from agriculture – the case of Germany
Frauke GODLINSKI, Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Julius Kuehn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Braunschweig, Germany (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Gross Nitrogen Balance and Nitrogen Use Efficiency as tools for policy analysis and evaluation
Klaas van der HOEK, RIVM, The Netherlands (10 minutes).
Powerpoint
Policymakers’ Priorities and Policy Linkage Using Agri-Environmental Indicators in Korea
Chang-Gil KIM, Senior Fellow, Agri-business Research Center, Korea Rural Economic Institute, Korea (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Nutrient surplus as a tool for evaluating environmental Action Plans in Denmark
Finn P. VINTHER, University of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Dept. Agroecology and Environment, Denmark (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Soil Nutrient Balances – Reviewing and Developing to Meet Customer Needs
David FERNALL, Food and Farming Group, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), York, United Kingdom (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Nitrogen Use Efficiency as an Agro-Environmental Indicator
Frank BRENTRUP, Yara International, Research Centre Hanninghof & Christian Pallière, Fertilizers Europe (EFMA) (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
The ‘4R Nutrient Stewardship Framework’ links indicators of sustainability performance to policies and practices
Tom BRUULSEMA^a, Paul FIXEN^a, and Angela OLEGARIO^b; a) International Plant Nutrition Institute, Norcross, GA, United States; b) International Fertilizer Industry Association, Paris, France (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint

SESSION 2 PART III – BIODIVERSITY AND LANDSCAPE INDICATORS

Addressing the spatial resolution of agri-environmental indicators in Norway
Wendy FJELLSTAD, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
The relevance of agri-environmental indicators for landscape character maintenance and biodiversity protection in Slovakia
Zuzana BARÁNKOVÁ¹, Luboš HALADA², Zita IZAKOVICOVÁ¹, Barbora ŠATALOVÁ¹; Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava¹; Institute of Landscape Ecology, Branch of Nitra, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra² (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Agri environmental indicators in relation to rural development policy in Flanders, Belgium
Dirk Van GIJSEGHEM, Sylvie DANCKAERT, Michael Van ZEEBROECK, Ellen MAERTENS, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Brussels, Belgium (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
High Nature Value Farming Systems: a Policy Perspective
Andrea BORLIZZI, Andrea POVELLATO, Antonella TRISORIO, National Institute of Agricultural Economics (INEA), Italy (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Agri-environmental indicators for biodiversity in the rice paddy landscape
David S. SPRAGUE, Shori YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya AMANO, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan and Kenji MATSUMORI, National Institute for Rural Engineering, Tsukuba, Japan (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Developing an integrated monitoring system to assess agri-environmental measures effectiveness in Tuscany
Riccardo SIMONCINI, University of Florence, Economic Sciences Department, Italy (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint

SESSION 3 – USING AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS IN INTEGRATED ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS AND MODELS: RECENT USES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Agri-environmental indicators in sector models: the case of nutrient balances and biodiversity
Franz SINABELL, Erwin SCHMID, Peter ZULKA, Christine HEUMESSER, Katharina WICK, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna, Austria (10 minutes).
Paper Add.Paper Powerpoint
Agri-environmental indicators for ex-ante impact assessment: the High Nature Value farmland indicator in the CAPRI modeling system
Maria Luisa PARACCHINI and W. BRITZ, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Grassland Conversion for Crop Production in the United States: Defining Indicators for Policy Analysis
Roger CLAASSEN, Kohei UEDA, and Fernando CARRIAZO, US Department of Agriculture, United States (10 minutes).
Paper (revision 16 March) Powerpoint
Using a Beneficial Management Practice (BMP) Adoption Index in Agri-Environmental Policy in Canada
Robin MACKAY, Agri-environment Services Branch, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Canada (10 minutes).
Paper
Use of remote sensing for the assessment of farmland biodiversity
Ciro GARDI, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy (10 minutes).
Paper Powerpoint
Mainstreaming carbon balance appraisal of agriculture projects and policies?: A tool for measuring Carbon-Balance in Ex-ante Project-Programme Impact Appraisal
Louis BOCKEL, FAO, Garry SMITH, FAO, Marjory BROMHEAD, ARD Worldbank, Martial BERNOUX, IRD FAO consultant, Marianne TINLOT, Consultant FAO (10 minutes).
Paper (as of 12 March) Powerpoint (as of 8 March) Flyer Flyer in french

SESSION 4 – FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS: CONCLUDING DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

CONCLUDING DISCUSSION

Reports from Rapporteurs (10 minutes each):

Session 4.1 (Keynote addresses): Mike GRUNDY,
Theme Leader Landscape Systems and Trends, CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture Flagship, St Lucia, Queeensland, Australia.
Powerpoint
Session 4.2 (Overview of National AEIs): László PINTER, Measurement and Assessment Program, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Winnipeg, Canada.
Powerpoint
Session 4.3 (Soil, pesticides, nutrients): Franz SINABELL, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna, Austria.
Powerpoint
Session 4.4 (Biodiversity and landscape): Sigrid SKJØLÅS, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Oslo, Norway.
Powerpoint
Session 4.5 (AEIs and integrated models): Bob MACGREGOR, Chief, Agricultural and Environmental Policy Analysis, Research and Analysis Directorate, Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Powerpoint
Session 4.6 (Session 4 Chair Summary) Uptal VASAVADA, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.
Powerpoint

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendations for the OECD Joint Working Party on Agriculture and the Environment (June 2010)
Wilfrid LEGG, Head of Agricultural Policies and Environment Division, OECD, Paris, France (30 minutes).
Powerpoint

Workshop Background and Objectives

Switzerland Workshop Background and Objectives (PDF)

OECD Agri-environmental Indicators Report (see also the OECD website at: www.oecd.org/agriculture/env/indicators )

Chapter 1 & 2 (PDF)
Chapter 3 (PDF)
Chapter 4 (PDF)

Assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the OECD Agri-environmental Indicators:

Recommendations from the OECD Workshop on Indicators for Developing, Monitoring and Analysing Agri-environmental Policies
(held in Washington DC, and hosted by the Economic Research Service (ERS) and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) of the United States Department of Agriculture on 19-21 March 2007)

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