MEA-Scope

NEWS

Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment
of multifunctional agriculture to implement
the Model of European Agriculture
(SSPE-CT-2004- 501516)

FINAL WORKSHOP

September 17th – 20th, 2007
Florence (Italy)

Organised by:
IRPI, CNR Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection, Florence, Italy
DEART, Agricultural Economics and Land Resources Department, Univ. of Florence, Italy
ZALF, Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Institute for Socio-economics; Germany
Planning committee:
Fabrizio Ungaro (IRPI), Giuseppe Piani and Arianna Ciancaglini (DEART),
Heidrun Moschitz (FIBL), Uwe-Jens Nagel, Annette Piorr (ZALF)

PRESENTATIONS

Monday, September 17th

Introduction to the MEA-Scope project

Cross-cutting issues

Scaling from farm to landscape: methods for landscape level impact assessment (T. Dalgaard)
Analysis of exemplary policy issues: assessment of multifunctional impact (K. Happe, A. Osuch)
Implementing the indicators of the MEA-Scope multifunctionality impact assessment approach: the gap between supply and demand of non-commodity outputs (Y. Waarts)
Options for the use of the MEA-Scope tool in the practice of agricultural policies (P. Werheim, DG Agri)

Tuesday September 18th

The MEA-Scope web-tool

Presentation of the MEA-Scope web-tool (P. Zander)

Parallel sessions

A. Multifunctionality and societal demand

B. Modelling and Methodological issues

Exploring consequences of structural change in agriculture (N. Hutchings, K. Happe, T. Dalgaard)
Interrelationships of economic and environmental functions (trade-offs) (S. Uthes)
Recreating context in spatial modelling of agricultural landscapes (M. Damgaard, C. Kjeldsen)
Data availability constraints in modelling applications: a case study from the MEA-Scope project (F. Ungaro)

The partner project TOP-MARD

Conclusion

Towards a better targeting of future CAP policies: lessons learnt from the MEA-Scope project (A. Piorr)
Panel discussion: Conclusions and perspectives (DG Agri, DG Research, MEA-Scope, TOP-MARD, experts)

Wednesday, September 19th

Field trip in the Mugello study area

Thursday, September 20th

Regional case study stories: exchange and feedback

DE: Environmental impacts of pillar I and II in the region OPR, with specific respect to designated areas (C. Sattler)
DK: Validation of an agent-based, spatio-temporal model for farming in The River Gudenå landscape (C. Kjeldsen)
IT: A socio-economic analysis of the Mugello Area (A. Ciancaglini, G. Piani)
SK: Piešťany district: Targeted modelling of the prototype to assess the impact of multifunctional agriculture (V. Hutar)
PL: Possibilities of development of beef cattle production in the region of Koscian county (Poland) based on natural fodder resources.( J. Bienkowski)
FR: Agriculture in the Combrailles region (France) : beef farming systems in mountain area and prospects for cattle (G. Amon, H. Rapey, E. Perret)
HU: Multifunctionality and Survival Strategies in Marginal Farms: the case of Borsodi Floodplain (B. Balász et al.)

New in

Multifunctional Land Use · Meeting Future Demands for Landscape Goods and Services

Mander, Ü., Wiggering, H., Helming, K. (Eds.), 2007

Piorr, A., Müller, K., Happe, K., Uthes, S., Sattler, C.

Agricultural management issues of implementing

multifunctionality: commodity and non-commodity

production in the approach of the MEA-Scope project.

167 – 182

Dalgaard, T. Kjeldsen, C., Hutchings, N., Happe, K.,

Osuch, A., Damgaard, M., Zander, P., Piorr, A.

Multifunctional farming, multifunctional landscapes and

rural development

183 – 194

Waarts, Y. Indicators for agricultural policy impact

assessment the case of multifunctional beef production

281 - 292