Database for Agricultural Sector Modelling

Funding

European Commission, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre, Contract no. 150619-2006 F1SC-D

Duration

December 2006 – May 2006

Organisation

Consortium composed by

• EuroCARE GmbH and
• ASA Institut für Sektoranalyse und Politikberatung GmbH, Rheinbach, Germany

Objectives

Within its agicultural research line, the Insitute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) supports DG AGRI providing market projections and impact analysies of agricultural policy and other exogenous changes on the main Europea agricultural and processed food commodities. The CAPSIM model (Common Agricultural Policy Simulation Model), which has been developed for the European Commission, is one of the modelling tools to analyse the Common Agricultural Policy on request of DG-AGRI. To be on line with the enlargement of Bulgaria and Romania, the database of the CAPSIM model shall be extended and updated. The aim of this project is the establishment of a database for use in agricultural sector modelling (CAPSIM model), including data for Bulgaria and Romania.

Tasks

The service is divided in three tasks:

Task 1: Written minutes of the kick-off meeting to clarify and agree all the requirements of the study

Task 2: Establishment of a database set for use in agricultural sector modelling and enlargement of the data set with Romania and Bulgaria

Task 3: Installation and training

Additional information:

• Witzke, H.P., Zintl, A. (2006): Extension of the agricultural sector model CAPSIM to New Member States, Final Report to Eurostat, Bonn.