Digital Opportunities for Better Agricultural Policies

Annex B.  OECD Questionnaire on use of digital technologies by agri-environmental policy administrators

In order to gather information about OECD member governments’ current experiences with digital technologies, the Secretariat constructed a questionnaire. The questionnaire provided information on the current and expected use (within the next three years) of digital technologies to support the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of agri‑environmental policies in OECD countries. In particular, it focuses on better understanding:

• which types of data are currently used and how they are gathered

• the extent to which agri-environmental policymakers and programme managers make use of particular digital technologies in carrying out their functions as they relate to the agricultural sector, including for policy design, policy implementation, monitoring and compliance, policy evaluation, and communication

• the extent to which use of digital technologies differs across agri-environmental policy areas

• strategies or management policies organisations are putting in place maximise their beneficial use of digital technologies

• organisations’ experiences with digital technologies and future plans.

Four members volunteered to participate in the testing of the questionnaire: Canada, Chile, New Zealand and the Netherlands. The test questionnaire was sent to participants on 18 January 2018, for return on 23 February 2018.

The questionnaire received 46 responses covering 67 institutions (some responses consolidated data from several institutions) from 16 OECD member countries, plus the European Commission’ Directorate-General for Agriculture (Table A B.1). These responses provided data on 108 policies and programmes, as well as respondents’ experiences with and views on use of digital technologies by their organisation. This dataset provides a wealth of information on how digital technologies are currently being used by reporting organisations.

The Questionnaire data is available on the OECD website as a digital annex, or can be obtained by contacting the OECD. For enquiries relating to this data, please contact the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate ([e-mail]).

Table A B.1. OECD questionnaire respondent list

Country	Institution	Acronym	Individual national organisation	Individual sub-national organisation	Consolidated response collated by lead agency
Australia	Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (Australia)	AUS-DAWR	Y
	Department of the Environment and Energy (Australia)	AUS-DoEE	Y
Austria	Federal Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism (Austria)	AUT-FMSDT			Y
Canada	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	CAN-AAFC	Y
	Manitoba Agriculture, Government of Manitoba (Canada)	CAN-Manitoba		Y
	Department of Fisheries and Land Resources, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)	CAN-Newfoundland and Labrador		Y
	Department of Agriculture, Government of Nova Scotia (Canada)	CAN-Nova Scotia		Y
	Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; Government of Ontario (Canada)	CAN-Ontario		Y
	Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Government of Prince Edward Island (Canada)	CAN-PEI		Y
	Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec (Canada)	CAN-Quebec		Y
	Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Saskatchewan (Canada)	CAN-Saskatchewan		Y
Chile	Ministry of Agriculture (Chile)	CHL-Ministry of Agriculture	Y
	Bureau of Agricultural Studies and Policies (ODEPA), Ministry of Agriculture (Chile)	CHL-ODEPA	Y
	Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG), Ministry of Agriculture (Chile)	CHL-SAG	Y
	National Irrigation Commission (CNR), Ministry of Agriculture (Chile)	CHL-CNR	Y
	Institute of Agricultural Development (INDAP), Ministry of Agriculture (Chile)	CHL-INDAP	Y
	Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA), Ministry of Agriculture (Chile)	CHL-INIA	Y
	Forest Institute (INFOR), Ministry of Agriculture (Chile)	CHL-INFOR	Y
	National Forestry Corporation (CONAF), Ministry of Agriculture (Chile)	CHL-CONAF	Y
	Section of Emergencies and Management of Agricultural Risks (SEGRA), Ministry of Agriculture (Chile)	CHL-SEGRA	Y
	Agency for sustainability and climate change (ASCC), Ministry of Economy (Chile)	CHL-ASCC	Y
Czech Republic	Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic (Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny České republiky)	CZE-AOPK	Y
	Ministry of Agriculture, Department of the Environmental Support of the Rural Development Programme (Czech Republic)	CZE-Cons.			Y
	State Agricultural Intervention Fund (Czech Republic)	CZE-Cons.			Y
	Administration of National Parks (Czech Republic)	CZE-Cons.			Y
	Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic	CZE-Cons.			Y
	Regional authority (Czech Republic)	CZE-Cons.			Y
	Military regions (Czech Republic)	CZE-Cons.			Y
Denmark	Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark	DNK-MEF	Y
France	Direction générale de la performance économique et environnementale des entreprises (DGPE), Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'alimentation (France)	FRA-Cons.			Y
	Direction générale de l'Alimentation (DGAL), ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'alimentation (France)	FRA-Cons.			Y
Estonia	Estonian Agricultural Registers and Information Board	EST-Ag Reg & Info	Y
	Estonian Agricultural Research Centre	EST-Ag Research Centre	Y
	Estonian Ministry of the Environment	EST-Min. of Env.	Y
	Ministry of Rural Affairs of the Republic of Estonia	EST-Min. of Rural Affairs	Y
Italy	Ministry of agriculture, food, and forestry (Ministero delle politiche agricole, alimentari e forestali, MIPAAF ministry / department) (Italy)	ITA-Min. of Ag	Y
Japan	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)	JPN-MAFF	Y
Korea	Korea Agency of Education, Promotion and Information Service in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (EPIS)	KOR-EPIS	Y
	Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC) (Korea)	KOR-KRC		Y
	Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) (Korea)	KOR-MAFRA	Y
	Rural Development Administration (RDA) (Korea)	KOR-RDA	Y
	Gyeong-gi province (Korea)	KOR-Gyeong-gi		Y
Netherlands	Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (Netherlands)	NLD-Cons.			Y
	Netherlands Enterprise Agency	NLD-Cons.			Y
Norway	Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Norway)	NOR-Cons.			Y
	Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment	NOR-Cons.			Y
	Norwegian Agriculture Agency	NOR-Cons.			Y
	Norwegian Environment Agency	NOR-Cons.			Y
	Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research	NOR-Cons.			Y
Portugal	DGADR Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development / Direção-Geral de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural (Portugal)	POR-DGADR	Y
	IFAP – Institute of financing for agriculture and fisheries – PT paying agency (IFAP - Instituto de Financiamento da Agricultura e Pescas, I. P.) (Portugal)	POR-IFAP	Y
	Office for Planning, Policies and Administration (GPP Gabinete de Planaeamento e Políticas) / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development (MAFDR Ministério da Agricultura, Florestas e Desenvolvimento Rural) (Portugal)	POR-GPP	Y
	AG PDR 2020 Managing Authority of the Rural Development Programme for Mainland Portugal / Autoridade de Gestão do Plano de Desenvolvimento Rural (Continente) (Portugal)	POR-PDR2020		Y
	AG PRODERAM 2020 Managing Authority of the Rural Development Programme for the Autonomous Region of Madeira / Autoridade de Gestão do Plano de Desenvolvimento Rural da Região Autónoma da Madeira (Portugal)	POR-PRODERAM		Y
	AG PRORURAL+ Managing Authority of the Rural Development Programme for the Autonomous Region of the Azores / Autoridade de Gestão do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural da Região Autónoma dos Açores (Portugal)	POR-PRORURAL		Y
Sweden	Swedish Board of Agriculture	SWE-BOA	Y
Switzerland	Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) (Switzerland)	CHE-FOAG	Y
United States	USDA FSA (United States)	USA-USDA FSA	Y
	USDA NRCS (United States)	USA-USDA NRCS	Y
EU Commission	European Union Directorate General for Agriculture	EC-DG AGRI

Note: Cons. = Consolidated response.

Source: OECD Questionnaire.