NUTS 2-Level Data for Organic and Conventional Agricultural Activities in the European Union (2010-2020)
Authors/Creators
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1.
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut
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2.
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 3. Organic Policy, Business and Research Consultancy
Description
What the dataset contains
- Area (ha) and livestock numbers (heads) for 49 crop and livestock activities.
- Disaggregation by farming system (organic, conventional, total).
- Available for all EU NUTS 2 regions for the years 2010 and 2020.
- Provided in long‑format CSV and GAMS‑compatible GDX files.
Data sources
- Primary source: Integrated Farm Statistics (IFS) from Eurostat (ad‑hoc request within the OrganicTargets4EU project). (EC, 2020)
- Additional information from the Common Agricultural Policy Regionalised Impact Modelling System (CAPRI) time‑series database (1999‑2018) to allocate activity shares where IFS lacks detail. (Gocht & Witzke, 2025)
- German Farm Structural Survey (FDZ) used for validation. (Neuenfeldt et al., 2024)
Validation
- Validation against German NUTS‑2 regions shows strong concordance between IFS‑derived values and FDZ data, with only isolated outliers.
Potential uses
- Large‑scale bio‑economic modelling (e.g., CAPRI, partial equilibrium models).
- Policy impact assessment for the EU Green Deal and organic farming targets.
Description of the files
(1) PACT_201020_IFS.csv (2) PACT_201020_IFS.gdx
These files contain the final dataset for 49 crop and livestock activities. It is structured as follows:
| RALL | cols_all | SIMYY_YBAS | sources | Value |
| CAPRI NUTS 2 region |
CAPRI production activities (livestock and crop) Example: |
2010, 2020 | Source of the data (here IFS) | Value of the production activities: Crop: area in hectares Livestock: number of heads |
(3) Mapping_PACT_IFSCAPRI_201020.csv
This file provides the production activity mapping between IFS and CAPRI. It is structured as follows:
| Livestock & Land use category | Production Activity | CAPRICode |
IFSCode |
| Activity category | Long name of the CAPRI production activity |
CAPRI production activities (livestock and crop (cols_all in final dataset) |
IFS Code |
(4) Mapping_reg_IFSCAPRI_201020.csv
This file provides the mapping between IFS NUTS 2 regions and CAPRI NUTS 2 regions, with a separate mapping for each year because the IFS NUTS 2 classification changed between 2010 and 2020.
| IFS2010 | CAPRICode | name | IFS2020 |
CAPRICode |
name | |
| NUTS 2 region in IFS 2010 |
CAPRI NUTS 2 region (RALL in final dataset) |
Name of the IFS NUTS 2 region | NUTS 2 region in IFS 2020 |
CAPRI NUTS 2 region (RALL in final dataset) |
Name of the IFS NUTS 2 region |
References
EC, European Commission, Integrated farm statistics manual, 2020 edition. in Manuals and guidelines / Eurostat. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union (2020). doi: 10.2785/03054
Gocht, A. and Witzke, P. (2025). CAPRI Webpage. https://www.capri-model.org/doku.php?id=capri:docs
Neuenfeldt, S., Gocht, A., Röder, N., Yang, X., Laggner, B., and Meyer-Borstel, H. (2024). Thünen Agraratlas. https://zenodo.org/records/14197441. https://zenodo.org/records/14197441