TY - JOUR
T1 - A database for integrated assessment of European agricultural systems
AU - Janssen, S.J.C.
AU - Andersen, E.
AU - Athanasiadis, I.N.
AU - van Ittersum, M.K.
N1 - PORmapnr. 1891
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - A major bottleneck for data-based policy making is that data sources are collected, managed, and distributed by different institutions, residing in different locations, resulting in conceptual and practical problems. The use of dispersed data for agricultural systems research requires the integration of data sources, which means to ensure consistency in data interpretations, units, spatial and temporal scales, to respect legal regulations of privacy, ownership and copyright, and to enable easy dissemination of data. This paper describes the SEAMLESS integrated database on European agricultural systems. It contains data on cropping patterns, production, farm structural data, soil and climate conditions, current agricultural management and policy information. To arrive at one integrated database, a shared ontology was developed according to a collaborative process, which facilitates interdisciplinary research. The paper details this process, which can be re-used in other research projects for integrating data sources
AB - A major bottleneck for data-based policy making is that data sources are collected, managed, and distributed by different institutions, residing in different locations, resulting in conceptual and practical problems. The use of dispersed data for agricultural systems research requires the integration of data sources, which means to ensure consistency in data interpretations, units, spatial and temporal scales, to respect legal regulations of privacy, ownership and copyright, and to enable easy dissemination of data. This paper describes the SEAMLESS integrated database on European agricultural systems. It contains data on cropping patterns, production, farm structural data, soil and climate conditions, current agricultural management and policy information. To arrive at one integrated database, a shared ontology was developed according to a collaborative process, which facilitates interdisciplinary research. The paper details this process, which can be re-used in other research projects for integrating data sources
KW - policy
KW - indicators
KW - environment
KW - information
KW - water
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2009.01.007
DO - 10.1016/j.envsci.2009.01.007
M3 - Article
SN - 1462-9011
VL - 12
SP - 573
EP - 587
JO - Environmental Science & Policy
JF - Environmental Science & Policy
IS - 5
ER -