EU Wide Disaggregated CAPRI Model Data: Crops, Livestock, Nitrogen In- and Outputs (Timeseries 2000-2018)

Area of Science:

• Agricultural Economics
• Environmental Science
• Climate Change Policy Analysis

Background:

• Assessing the impacts of agricultural, environmental, and climate change policies requires detailed regional data.
• Existing models often operate at broader scales, limiting granular analysis of agri-environmental variables.
• A need exists for harmonized, spatially explicit datasets to support policy evaluation and modeling.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present spatially disaggregated agri-environmental variables for Europe from 2000 to 2018.
• To provide a harmonized and spatially consistent dataset for analyzing policy impacts.
• To offer data inputs for nitrogen budget calculations and biogeochemical/land management models.

Main Methods:

• Utilized the Common Agricultural Policy Regionalised Impact (CAPRI) model.
• Spatially disaggregated data to 'Farm Structure Units' from NUTS2 regional level.
• Compiled time-series data (2000-2018) on crop types, livestock, and nitrogen parameters.

Main Results:

• Generated spatially explicit layers of agri-environmental variables.
• Dataset includes crop area/yield, livestock totals/densities, and nitrogen application/loss parameters.
• Data is harmonized and spatially consistent across the European study area.

Conclusions:

• The presented dataset offers valuable insights into European agri-environmental dynamics.
• Facilitates detailed analysis of agricultural, environmental, and climate change policy effects.
• Supports advanced modeling for nitrogen management and land use studies.