FP6 - 501516 MEA-SCOPE - Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of multifunctional agriculture to implement the Model of European Agriculture

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Type of Project	STREP
Contract No	FP6 - SSPE-CT-2004-501516
Total Cost	3,150 KEuro
EC Contribution	1,9,00 KEuro
Start Date	2-4-2004
Duration	37 Months

Abstract

MEA-Scope is the Acronym for "Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of multifunctional agriculture to implement the Model of European Agriculture", a Policy Oriented Research Project of the Sixth Framework Programme (Priority 8, B1.1., Task 5) launched by the European Commission in 2004. As a Specific Targeted Research and Innovation Project (STREP) MEA-Scope supports the realisation of sustainability of agriculture and forestry by addressing their multifunctional role in rural areas. MEA-Scope develops an integrated framework for the assessment of the multifunctionality impacts of the CAP reform.

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform aims at higher international trade compatibility and better targeting ofsocial, environmental and consumer concerns to ensure the sustainable development of EU agriculture. To optimise the effectiveness and efficiency of CAP reform options towards multifunctional implementations, tools are required to assess agricultural impacts on the multiple functions of European landscapes. The Model of European Agriculture (MEA) has a multifunctional perspective but policy makers lack multifunctionality impact assessment tools.

The proposed project develops such a tool, MEA-Scope that will close the gap between pure ecological or social process models and sect oral macro-econometric or equilibrium models. To ensure compatibility with the MEA, a MEA-specific interpretation of multifunctional will be devised. MEA-Scope will be spatially explicit and will perform impact assessments of agricultural land use at two scales: farm and landscape.

In order to develop the multifunctionality concept into an operational policy instrument, MEA-Scope set five main objectives:

• Further development of the multifunctionality concept for European agriculture;
• Development of quantitative tool for assessment of the multi-functionality impacts of CAP reform options;
• Answering of policy-relevant questions for the implementation of the multifunctionality concept;
• Demonstration of the operability of the integrated assessment framework;
• Generation of scientific knowledge on specific questions regarding multifunctionality of agriculture, particularly with respect to spatial scale and regional differences.

Coordinator

Centre für Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research (ZALF), Institute for Socioeconomics, Germany

Partners

• Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Germany
• Research Institute of Organic Agriculture; Switzerland
• European Centre for Nature Conservation, Netherlands
• Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Denmark
• Institute of Environmental Management, Univ. of Gödöllö, Hungary
• Research Centre for Agriculture and Forest Environment, Poland
• Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, Slovakia
• Cemagref , Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Research Centre, France
• IRPI, Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection, Italy
• DEART, Agricultural Economics and Land Resources Department, Univ. of Florence, Italy

Contacts

Contact

• Klaus MÜLLER / Centre for Agricultural Landscape & Land Use Research Leibniz-Zentrum Fuer Agrarlandschafts- Und Landnutzungsforsc / GERMANY