Data for Slovenia

Objectives summarized by: the Rural Development Programme of the Republic of Slovenia for the period 2007-2013
Source database or source: Data on the approved and paid support for individual agri-environmental measures and area concerned by these payments are managed by the Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Agricultural Markets and Rural Development (ARSCTRP). They are published within the framework of annual Reports on the situation in agriculture, forestry and food by individual year (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food). Reports are available on the web site of the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia. Data on utilised agricultural area are collected and published by the Statistical office of the Republic of Slovenia (SORS) on its portal SI-STAT (Environment and natural resources > Agriculture and Fishing > Crop Production > Crops and Area > Land use and use of arable crops (ha)).
Data administrator: ARSCTRP/MAFF, SORS
Data acquisition date for this indicator: 6.11.2009
Methodology and frequency of data collection for the indicator: Data on area which received support for implementing the agri-environmental measures are part of the system for applying the agricultural policy measures. The original data are being updated on-line upon each payment of the approved application. Information on area under agri-environmental commitment for each particular year is a cross section of the situation on a particular date in the second half of the following year when most payments for the measures implemented in the previous year have already been carried out.
Data processing methodology:The total area included in agri-environmental measures is calculated as a sum of area subject to individual basic measures. Information on net area, i.e. area which is considered only once if several agri-environmental measures are being implemented on the same area, has been taken directly from MAFF annual reports. This information is not available for all years and in terms of methodology not completely comparable with the information on gross area. The relative indicator is calculated by dividing net area with the total utilised agricultural area (net area under agri-environmental commitment/UAA x 100). In calculating the structure of gross area under agri-environmental commitment, individual measures are assembled in groups in line with the methodology used in the EU under the indicator IRENA 01.
Information concerning data quality:
- Indicator advantages and disadvantages (from the point of view of data):
Data from administrative sources are not systematically and regularly publicly available. Certain reports may quote somewhat different data, but these do not differ so as to have any impact on the reliability indicator.
- Relevance, accuracy, robustness, uncertainty:
Reliability of the indicator (archival data): The indicator is sufficiently reliable.
Uncertainty of the indicator (scenarios/projections): Scenarios and projections are not available.
- Overall assessment (1 = no major comments, 3 = data to be considered with reservation):
Relevance: 1
Accuracy: 2
Completeness over time: 1
Completeness over space: 1

Data for the EU

Source database or source: Data on the share of utilised agricultural area where at least one agri-environmental measure has been applied are collected up to 2002 for all the EU-15 countries within the framework of the indicator IRENA 01 (Area under agri-environment support). For the period from 2001 on, data on the share by individual Member States are available in EUROSTAT databases (Statistics Database > Statistics > Main tables > Environment and energy > Environment > Area under agri-environmental commitment (%)).
Data administrator: European Commission, EUROSTAT
Data acquisition date for this indicator: 6.11.2009
Methodology and frequency of data collection for the indicator: Data on area refer to the concluded agreements on applying the agri-environmental measures. Data are supplied by Member States once in a year.
Data processing methodology: Data are used directly.
Information concerning data quality:
- Advantages and disadvantages of the indicator: data are available with delay (the last ones refer to 2005) and do not include all EU Member States.
- Relevance, accuracy, robustness, uncertainty:
Reliability of the indicator (archival data): The indicator is relatively reliable.
Uncertainty of the indicator (scenarios/projections): Scenarios and projections are not available.
- Overall assessment (1 = no major comments, 3 = data to be considered with reservation):
Relevance: 1
Accuracy: 2
Completeness over time: 2
Completeness over space: 2

Other sources and literature:
- European Environmental Agency, 2005. IRENA Indicator Fact Sheet 01: Area under agri-environment support.