Evaluation Knowledge Bank

The purpose of the Knowledge Bank is to provide insights into various outputs developed in initiatives and projects at the EU and Member States levels concerning data infrastructures and data use. Furthermore, it proposes a quick guide on potential use, showing how these outputs could be used for monitoring and evaluation of the CAP.

By the end of 2021, there are 63 outputs published from 25 projects/initiatives.

You can send new project info and feedback to info@ruralevaluation.eu.

To facilitate better usability of the Evaluation Knowledge Bank please also check out practical examples, presentations of the selected content and other material on the Thematic Working Group 9 webpage.

Total results: 63.

A methodological tool for the ex ante evaluation of CAP reforms based on FADN data

This tool designs and tests economic models appropriate for the ex ante analyses of agricultural policy interventions across selected Member States based on FADN data.

The application of the method
Keywords:: Evaluation ex ante, cost function, policy reform, price change, rate of technological change

Methodology for assessing the impact of adopting organic farming on farms’ economic and environmental performance

This tool designs and tests an econometric model that examines the impact of adopting organic farming practices on farms' economic and environmental performance.

Description of method
Keywords:: cost function, environmental effects, fertilizer use, Organic Farming, Pesticides

Methodological tool to evaluate farm performance

This tool explores the suitability of a range of methodologies used to evaluate various facets of farm performance, including through the use of Operational Competitiveness Ratings Analysis (OCRA), Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) and Positive Mathematical Programming (PMP).

Application and extension of the ORCA; Methodology for analysing competitiveness, efficiency and economy of scale. Use and applications of DEA; Application and extension of the SFA; Methodology to assess the farm production costs using PMP farm models
Keywords:: competitiveness, economic performance, efficiency

Crop type maps

This product creates two types of maps that depict crop allocation at a very high resolution, distinguishing between irrigated and non-irrigated arable lands.

White paper on crop classification strategies; Methodology for added-value crop classification service; Validation of Seasonal Crop Maps; Test for added-value crop classification
Keywords:: crop map, land cover

Yield and biomass maps

This product is a series of biomass and yield maps and all intermediate variables used to estimate them together with derived estimates of net annual CO2 fluxes and the yearly carbon (C) budget.

Methods for biomass and yield products based on crop modelling; Biomass and Yield proof-of-concept
Keywords:: annual carbon budget, biomass estimates, CO2 fluxes, crop yields

Map of tillage changes

The SENSAGRI tillage change product consists of binary maps of surface roughness indicating changes related to tillage practices.

Presentation of the methodology of the tillage change product; Technical note to SENSAGRI tillage change proof-of-concept
Keywords:: agricultural practices, ploughing, tillage

Map of irrigated and non-irrigated areas

The SENSAGRI irrigated and non-irrigated areas product consists of maps that derive the spatio-temporal distribution of irrigation events and irrigated and non-irrigated fields.

Technical note on SENSAGRI irrigated/non-irrigated fields tool; Methodology for the irrigated/non-irrigated tool; Validation of Irrigated/non-irrigated maps
Keywords:: irrigation water

Methodology for mapping the distribution of small farms in Europe

This product classifies the European regions according to the presence and distribution of small farms. For selected regions, it applies a novel approach for estimating the distribution of small farms.

SALSA project; For small farm definition, see 'Deliverable 1.1 Report on Initial Conceptual Framework'; Report: Estimated spatial distribution and key characteristics of small farms in Europe; Map of the estimated distribution of small farms in each reference region; SALSA presentation at the Good Practice Workshop of the Evaluation Helpdesk
Keywords:: cluster analysis, Indicateurs, earth observations, farm structure, small farms, spatial diversity, statistical approaches

Crop type map

This product utilises Sentinel-2 images, field quality control and Artificial Intelligence methods to draw a crop type map for 20 reference regions in Europe.