A simplified balance sheet to estimate apparent use of meat, crops and dairy products at EU Member State level

In order to provide modellers of the iMAP platform with a shared reference data source, the JRC and DG AGRI agreed to construct and publish a new dataset containing calculations on the apparent use of several agricultural commodities (cereals, oilseeds, dairy products and meat) to provide an approximation of their use at Member State level. This last indicator cannot be calculated because of the lack of information on stocks and the various uses of products disaggregated at Member State level. This new dataset also incorporates a calculation of GIP for animals, obtained as the net production plus the trade balance of live animals. In the context of the public release of the dataset, this report aims to explain to users how to access this data, what the data structure is, which data sources are used, and what the methodology behind the dataset’s construction is with the main processes used to implement this methodology for assuring users of an accurate regular update. Particular attention is paid to the explanation of the limitations of the methodology.JRC.D.4-Economics of Agricultur

Social Accounting Matrix of Kenya 2014

A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is a comprehensive and economy-wide database recording data about all transactions between economic agents in a certain economy during a certain period of time. SAMs have a triple use: on the one hand, they offer in themselves a detailed description of the economic structure and circular flows of the income of a country or region; on the other, a battery of indicators and multipliers can be obtained from them, applying directly intuitive linear models; and, finally, they are the reference database for the calibration and exploitation of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Models. This report presents the Social Accounting Matrix of Kenya for the year 2014, describing its specific structure and the basis for its estimation. In this sense, it is necessary to highlight the special structure of this SAM to reflect the Home Production for Home Consumption (HPHC) issue and a high disaggregation of agricultural and food sectors, both aspects so relevant in developing countries. In addition, some results of the exploitation of the SAM are presented, both descriptive (aggregate macroeconomic variables, sectoral value added and household income and consumption) and from the application of linear multipliers analysis (backward linkages, value chain decomposition and Structural Path Analysis). Finally, a complete on-line application is presented, both for the download of the SAM, and for the visualization of some indicators derived directly from it.JRC.D.4-Economics of Agricultur

Observing and analysing the Bioeconomy in the EU – Adapting data and tools to new questions and challenges

The concept of ‘bioeconomy’ is receiving increased attention in policy and business circles. The European Commission (EC) has initiated the Bioeconomy Strategy which is a signal of intent that the EU seeks to meet the challenge of reconciling responsible-resource usage respecting sustainability criteria, with wealth-generation. To this aim, the EC’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has been entrusted to implement a Bioeconomy Information Systems Observatory within which the objective is to develop an ongoing coherent picture of the activities of this sector, whilst developing forward-looking tools of analysis to help respond to the aforementioned challenge. This paper provides a discussion on the research activities which are currently under development at the JRC. Whilst the scale of ambition of the Bioeconomy Observatory is significant, it is recognised that much of the research conducted so-far remains work-in-progress and is therefore only a starting point to fully capturing the nuances of this diverse and complex sectorPublishe

Observing and analysing the Bioeconomy in the EU - Adapting data and tools to new questions and challenges

The concept of 'bioeconomy' is receiving increased attention in policy and business circles. The European Commission (EC) has initiated the Bioeconomy Strategy which is a signal of intent that the EU seeks to meet the challenge of reconciling responsible-resource usage respecting sustainability criteria, with wealth-generation. To this aim, the EC’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has been entrusted to implement a Bioeconomy Information Systems Observatory (BISO) within which the objective is to develop an ongoing coherent picture of the activities of this sector, whilst developing forward-looking tools of analysis to help respond to the aforementioned challenge. This paper provides an overview of the research activities which are currently under development at the JRC. Whilst the scale of ambition of the BISO is significant, it is recognised that much of the research conducted so-far remains work-in-progress and therefore is only a starting point to fully capturing the nuances of this diverse and complex sector.JRC.J.4-Agriculture and Life Sciences in the Econom

Ethiopia Social Accounting Matrix 2015/16

A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is a comprehensive and economy-wide database recording data on all transactions between economic agents in a certain economy during a certain period of time; its interest is twofold. First a SAM is a standard database for most whole economy modellers as it provides comprehensive data for economic modelling (multi-sectorial linear models or more complex CGE models). Second a SAM shows a complete and intuitive snapshot of the economy at hand. This report presents the Social Accounting Matrix of Ethiopia for the year 2015/16, describing its specific structure and the basis for its estimation. In this sense, it is necessary to highlight the special structure of this SAM to reflect the Home Production for Home Consumption (HPHC) issue and a high disaggregation of agricultural and food sectors, both aspects so relevant in developing countries. Finally, a complete on-line application is presented, both for the download of the SAM, and for the visualization of some indicators derived directly from it.JRC.D.4-Economics of Agricultur

Scenar 2030 - Pathways for the European agriculture and food sector beyond 2020 (Summary report)

Scenar 2030 aims at identifying major future trends and driving factors for European agriculture and rural regions and the perspectives and challenges resulting from them. The use of a suite of economic simulation models allows for the construction of a well-founded and plausible reference scenario (baseline) and different policy scenarios resulting in a comprehensive set of outcomes depicting economic, social and environmental indicators.JRC.D.4-Economics of Agricultur

BioSAMs for the EU Member States: Constructing Social Accounting Matrices with a detailed disaggregation of the bio-economy

The bio-based economy will be crucial in achieving sustainable development, covering all ranges of natural resources. In this sense, it is very relevant to analyse the economic links between the bioeconomic sectors and the rest of the economy, determining their total and decomposed impact on economic growth. One of the major problems in carrying out this analysis is the lack of information and complete databases that allow analysis of the bioeconomy and its effects on other economic activities. To overcome this issue, highly disaggregated (in biobased and agriculture sectors) Social Accounting Matrices of the 28 European Union member states (and one EU28 aggregate) have been estimated. This report presents this set of Social Accounting Matrices, called BioSAMs, describing its specific structure and the basis for its estimation.Publishe

JRC agro-economic portal

DataM is the internet complement to JRC scientific output relating to the economics of agriculture. The economic aspects of agriculture encompass several areas, such as trade and productivity in agriculture, agricultural technologies (GMOs, fertilisers, etc.), the bioeconomy, climate change, food security, nutrition, developing countries, farm structure and rural development. DataM aims to promote the communication of JRC scientific results in these area through the use of the web and of interactive data visualisations. DataM also aims to provide access to the raw datasets produced by the JRC's agro-economic research activities, in line with the JRC's open data principles.JRC.D.4-Economics of Agricultur

Dataset on biomass uses and flows, at different geographical scales and aggregation levels in Europe and world-wide

A number of EC Services have agreed in 2015 on a mandate to JRC to provide data, models and analyses on EU and global biomass supply, demand and its sustainability (environmental, social and economic), on a long-term basis. The envisaged work covers all sources of biomass and all uses. The dataset is part of the BIOMASS collection built in the context of the JRC Biomass mandate by a team from different JRC Units (D.1, D.2, D.4, D.5, C.2, C.4). It is the repository storing current biomass uses and flows at different geographical scales and aggregation levels in Europe and world-wide.JRC.D.1-Bio-econom

Observing and analysing the Bioeconomy in the EU – Adapting data and tools to new questions and challenges

The concept of ‘bioeconomy’ is receiving increased attention in policy and business circles. The European Commission (EC) has initiated the Bioeconomy Strategy which is a signal of intent that the EU seeks to meet the challenge of reconciling responsible-resource usage respecting sustainability criteria, with wealth-generation. To this aim, the EC’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has been entrusted to implement a Bioeconomy Information Systems Observatory within which the objective is to develop an ongoing coherent picture of the activities of this sector, whilst developing forward- looking tools of analysis to help respond to the aforementioned challenge. This paper provides a discussion on the research activities which are currently under development at the JRC. Whilst the scale of ambition of the Bioeconomy Observatory is significant, it is recognised that much of the research conducted so-far remains workin- progress and is therefore only a starting point to fully capturing the nuances of this diverse and complex sector