1. Policy developments and the use of statistical data
Krisztina HANTOS
Unit E3 – Economic analysis of EU agriculture DG Agriculture and Rural Development
European Commission

3. Challenges and responses CAP 2014-2020, Pillar I
Achieving a better distribution of DP
"Active farmer"
Transfers between Pillars
Redistributive payments v
Small farmers scheme (10%) v
Sustainable management of natural resources/climate change
Greening of direct payments (30%)
Crop diversification
Permanent grassland
Ecological focus area
Support in natural constraint areas v
Supply concerns
Coupled payments for wide range of sectors up to 8% of DP v
V = voluntary

4. Challenges and responses CAP 2014-2020, Pillar II
Economic crisis Climate change Food quality Lack of knowledge and information
Structural investment Supports in Physical Assets
Risk management NEW
Agri-Enviroment-Climate Measure
Quality schemes for agricultural products, and foodstuffs
Support for organic farming
Knowledge transfer and innovation
Advisory services
Co-operation NEW

5. 2 pillars, 4 regulations Regulation 1305/2013 Regulation 1305/2013
The amounts for both pillars are frozen for the period of at the level of 2013.
Rural Development: Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
"Horizontal" issues such as funding and controls: Regulation 1306/2013
Direct payments for farmers: Regulation 1307/2013
Market measures: Regulation 1308/2013
Regulation 1306/2013

6. State of play of approvals of 2014-2020 RD Programmes – 30/09/2015
87 out of 118 Programmes approved
82% of the Rural Development budget approved
Programmes approved in 25
out of 28 Member States, and completed in 22 Member States

7. M&E of the CAP Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Art :
The performance of the CAP shall be measured in relation to the following objectives:
(a) viable food production, with a focus on agricultural income, agricultural productivity and price stability;
(b) sustainable management of natural resources and climate action, with a focus on greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, soil and water;
(c) balanced territorial development, with a focus on rural employment, growth and poverty in rural areas.
Art :
Member States shall provide the Commission with all the information necessary to permit the monitoring and evaluation of the measures concerned. As far as possible, such information shall be based on established sources of data, such as the Farm Accountancy Data Network and Eurostat.
Art :
The Commission shall present an initial report, including first results on the performance of the CAP, to the European Parliament and the Council by 31 December A second report including an assessment of the performance of the CAP shall be presented by 31 December 2021.

8. Usage of statistical data for RD policy Monitoring & evaluation
Statistical reports &
analyses
Impact assessments
Monitoring & evaluation
Economic Briefs
Agricultural Annual Statistics
FADN analyses
Evaluation reports
Common Indicators (context, impact, result, output)

9. Common context indicators (CCIs) for RD programmes
46 context indicators, includes impact indicators

10. Poverty rate by type of region in the EU-28 in 2012

11. Economic brief on the food supply chain
Who does what in the EU food supply chain?
The food chain and its contribution to the economy,
Prices and price transmission in the food chain

12. Food and beverages spending as % of EU28 household budget
Spending in the EU has slightly decreased over the last 2 decades
The lowest point can be seen in 2007 when the economic crisis began to emerge
Stood at 14% in 2013 and thus this is the second biggest expense of the household budget
The reverse is true for periods of economic crises, in which incomes shrink and food and beverages expenditure takes a bigger share of the household budget.
Source: Eurostat, National Accounts (nama_10_co3_p3).

13. Contribution of the different stages of the food chain to the European economy, EU28, 2012
The largest number of persons and businesses involved in the food chain is engaged in agriculture (80% of all holdings)
The share of value added belonging to agriculture in the whole food chain remains at about 25%
Processing and retail stages have added additional features and services to the basic agricultural product
Sources: Eurostat, National Accounts (nama_nace64_c), Farm Structure Survey (ef_kvaareg and ef_olfftecs), Economic Accounts for Agriculture (aact_eaa01) and Structural Business Statistics (sbs_na_sca_r2, sbs_na_dt_r2 sbs_na_dt_r2 and sbs_na_1a_se_r2)..

14. EU Agricultural Market Brief on organic farming
How has this sector developed in the EU?
The situation of organic areas, holdings and production
Some characteristics of organic farms (size and information on farm managers)

15. Organic farming area and holdings are on the rise
Organic area as share of UAA in the EU Member States (%), 2011
Source: Eurostat, FSS.

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