Behavioural, Ecological and Socio-economic Tools for Modelling Agricultural Policy

Project Information

BESTMAP

Grant agreement ID: 817501

DOI

10.3030/817501

Project closed

EC signature date 10 May 2019

Start date 1 September 2019

End date 29 February 2024

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost

€ 3 995 811,25

EU contribution

€ 3 995 811,25

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
United Kingdom

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Deliverables

Other (12)

Farming System Archetypes for each CS
Mapping of ESS/biodiversity/socio-economic bundles into policy indicators
Dashboard design prototype
Agent-Based Models for each CS
Virtual Lab integration
ESS, biodiversity and socio-economic models for each CS
BESTMAP website and web-based within-project communication system
InVEST models at the European-scale
European Base Layer
ABM at the European-scale
Case Study Base Layer dataset for each of the CSs
Policy dashboard and e-learning course

Documents, reports (16)

Systematic analysis of the CSs
Summaries of data, obstacles and challenges from interview campaigns
Conceptual framework and architecture

Conceptual framework and architecture - 2 at M13 and M24

Economic scenarios outputs based on policy workshops
Guidelines and protocols harmonizing activities across CSs (Update)
Communication Plan and Dissemination Plan
Integration guide for using common CGE/PE models with BESTMAP models

Integration guide for using common CGEPE models with BESTMAP models

Analysis of needs and capacity of different audiences including policy makers, expert practitioners and other modellers

Analysis of needs and capacity of different audiences including policy makers, expert practitioners and other modellers. The deadline for this deliverable has been postponed from M10 to M12 as agreed with the Project Officer.

Guidelines and protocols harmonizing activities across CSs

Guidelines and protocols harmonizing activities across CSs - 2 protocols, M14 and M40 The deadline for this deliverable has been postponed from M12 to M14 as agreed with the Project Officer.

Policy notes
Mapping of vegetation indices and metrics, and their utility in FSA mapping at CS scale

Mapping of vegetation indices and metrics and their utility in FSA mapping at CS scale

Report on engagement with relevant projects and initiatives
Analysis of the representativeness of CS in EU context
Trade-off/synthesis analyses including spatial co-occurrence of ESS / biodiversity socio-economic

Tradeoffsynthesis analyses including spatial cooccurrence of ESS biodiversity socioeconomic

Roadmap for research, capacity, and financing options for scaling-up BESTMAP approach
Conceptual framework and architecture (Update)

Conceptual framework and architecture Update

Open Research Data Pilot (3)

Data Management Plan (Update 1)
Data Management Plan
Data Management Plan (Update 2)

Data Management Plan Update 2

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Integrating Equity Considerations into Agent-Based Modeling: A Conceptual Framework and Practical Guidance

Author(s): Tim G Williams; Daniel G Brown; Seth D Guikema; Tom M Logan; Nicholas R Magliocca; Birgit Müller; Cara E Steger
Published in: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2022, ISSN 1460-7425
Publisher: University of Surrey
DOI: 10.18564/jasss.4816

Adoption and potential of agri‐environmental schemes in Europe: Cross‐regional evidence from interviews with farmers

Author(s): Bartosz Bartkowski; Michael Beckmann; Marek Bednář; Sofia Biffi; Cristina Domingo‐Marimon; Minučer Mesaroš; Charlotte Schüßler; Bořivoj Šarapatka; Sonja Tarčak; Tomáš Václavík; Guy Ziv; Felix Wittstock
Published in: People and Nature, 2023, ISSN 2575-8314
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10526

Delineating the spatial drivers of agri-environment scheme adoption at field and farm levels

Author(s): Rosemary Wool, George Breckenridge, Guy Ziv, Arjan S. Gosal
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, 2023, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119407

Aligning agri-environmental subsidies and environmental needs: A comparative analysis between the US and EU

Author(s): Biffi, S; Traldi, R; Crezee, B; Beckmann, M; Egli, L; Epp Schmidt, D; Motzer, N; Okumah, M; Seppelt, R; Slabbert, E; Tiedeman, K; Wang, H; Ziv, G
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abfa4e

Response of endangered bird species to land-use changes in an agricultural landscape in Germany

Author(s): Anne Jungandreas; Stephanie Roilo; Michael Strauch; Tomáš Václavík; Martin Volk; Anna F. Cord
Published in: Regional Environmental Change, 2022, ISSN 1436-3798
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-022-01878-3

Understanding farmers’ decision-making on agri-environmental schemes: A case study from Saxony, Germany

Author(s): Felix Wittstock, Anne Paulus, Michael Beckmann, Nina Hagemann, Marieke Cornelia Baaken
Published in: Land Use Policy, 2022, ISSN 0264-8377
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106371

Typologies of European farmers: approaches, methods and research gaps

Author(s): Bartosz Bartkowski; Charlotte Schüßler; Birgit Müller
Published in: Regional Environmental Change, 2022, ISSN 1436-3798
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-022-01899-y

Current challenges, promising strategies and insights from ecology

Author(s): Gunnar Dressler; Jürgen Groeneveld; Jessica Hetzer; Anja Janischewski; Henning Nolzen; Edna Rödig; Nina Schwarz; Franziska Taubert; Jule Thober; Meike Will; Tim Williams; Stephen Björn Wirth; Birgit Müller
Published in: Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, 4:18112. International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2663-3027
Publisher: International Environmental Modelling and Software Society
DOI: 10.18174/sesmo.18112

Landscape‐level heterogeneity of agri‐environment measures improves habitat suitability for farmland birds

Author(s): Stephanie Roilo; Jan O. Engler; Tomáš Václavík; Anna F. Cord
Published in: Ecological Applications, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1051-0761
Publisher: Ecological Society of America
DOI: 10.1002/eap.2720

Farm typologies for understanding farm systems and improving agricultural policy

Author(s): Robert Huber, Bartosz Bartkowski, Calum Brown, Nadja El Benni, Jan-Henning Feil, Pascal Grohmann, Ineke Joormann, Heidi Leonhardt, Hermine Mitter, Birgit Müller
Published in: Agricultural Systems, 2024, ISSN 0308-521X
Publisher: Applied Science Publishers
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103800

A cross-regional analysis of red-backed shrike responses to agri-environmental schemes in Europe

Author(s): Stephanie Roilo, Rebecca Spake, James M Bullock and Anna F Cord
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, 2024, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad264a

Landscape context and farm characteristics are key to farmers' adoption of agri-environmental schemes

Author(s): Anne Paulus; Nina Hagemann; Marieke C. Baaken; Stephanie Roilo; Viviana Alarcón-Segura; Anna F. Cord; Michael Beckmann
Published in: Land Use Policy, Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 106320, ISSN 0264-8377
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106320

Quantifying agricultural land-use intensity for spatial biodiversity modelling: implications of different metrics and spatial aggregation methods

Author(s): Stephanie Roilo, Anne Paulus, Viviana Alarcón-Segura, Lucas Kock, Michael Beckmann, Nadja Klein & Anna F. Cord
Published in: Landscape Ecology, 2024, ISSN 0921-2973
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-024-01853-9

How to make socio‐environmental modelling more useful to support policy and management?

Author(s): Will, M., Dressler, G., Kreuer, D., Thulke, H.-H., Grêt-Regamey, A., Müller, B
Published in: People and Nature, Issue March 2021, 2021, ISSN 2575-8314
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10207

Using Bayesian Belief Networks to Investigate Farmer Behavior and Policy Interventions for Improved Nitrogen Management

Author(s): Felix Jäger; Jessica Rudnick; Mark Lubell; Martin Kraus; Birgit Müller
Published in: Environmental Management, vol 69, iss 6, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 0364-152X
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-022-01635-6

Understanding the accuracy of modelled changes in freshwater provision over time

Author(s): Arjan S. Gosal, Paul M. Evans, James M. Bullock, John Redhead, Matthew B. Charlton, Anna F. Cord, Andrew Johnson, Guy Ziv
Published in: Science of the Total Environment, 2022, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155042

Archetypes of agri-environmental potential: a multi-scale typology for spatial stratification and upscaling in Europe

Author(s): Michael Beckmann; Gregor Didenko; James M Bullock; Anna F Cord; Anne Paulus; Guy Ziv; Tomáš Václavík
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, 2022, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac9cf5

BESTMAP: Behavioural, Ecological and Socio-economic Tools for Modelling Agricultural Policy

Author(s): Ziv G, Beckmann M, Bullock J, Cord A, Delzeit R, Domingo C, Dreßler G, Hagemann N, Masó J, Müller B, Neteler M, Sapundzhieva A, Stoev P, Stenning J, Trajković M, Václavík T. 2020.
Published in: Research Ideas and Outcomes, Issue 6, 2020, ISSN 2367-7163
Publisher: Pensoft
DOI: 10.3030/817501

Archetypes in support of tailoring land-use policies

Author(s): Oberlack, Christoph; Pedde, Simona; Piemontese, Luigi; Václavík, Tomáš; Sietz, Diana
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, 2023, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/acd802

Farm structure and environmental context drive farmers’ decisions on the spatial distribution of ecological focus areas in Germany

Author(s): V. Alarcón-Segura, S. Roilo, A. Paulus, M. Beckmann, N. Klein & A. F. Cord
Published in: Landscape Ecology, 2023, ISSN 0921-2973
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-023-01709-8

Other (1)

Modelling the impact of agricultural policies on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Author(s): Ziv, G., Beckmann, M., Bullock, J., Cord, A., Domingo-Marimon, C., Maso, J., Sapundzheiva, A., Stenning, J., Trajkovic, M., Václavík, T., Vujaklija, D.
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Poster