Integrated assessment of agricultural and environmental policies - Towards a computerized framework for the EU (SEAMLESS-IF)

Martin Van Ittersum; Frank Ewert; Johanna Alkan Olsson; Erling Andersen; Irina Bezlepkina; Floor Brouwer; Marcello Donatelli; Guillermo Flichman; Thomas Heckelei; Lennart Olsson; Alfons Oude Lansink; Andrea Rizzoli; Tamme Van Der Wal; Jacques Wery

Integrated assessment of agricultural and environmental policies - Towards a computerized framework for the EU (SEAMLESS-IF)

Martin Van Ittersum^*, Frank Ewert, Johanna Alkan Olsson, Erling Andersen, Irina Bezlepkina, Floor Brouwer, Marcello Donatelli, Guillermo Flichman, Thomas Heckelei, Lennart Olsson, Alfons Oude Lansink, Andrea Rizzoli, Tamme Van Der Wal, Jacques Wery

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Abstract

Agricultural systems continuously evolve and are forced to change as a result of a range of global and local driving forces. Agricultural and environmental policies are increasingly designed to contribute to the sustainability of agricultural systems and to enhance contributions of agricultural systems to sustainable development at large. The effectiveness and efficiency of such polices in realizing desired contributions could be greatly enhanced if it were possible to perform ex-ante assessments. The European Commission has recently introduced impact assessment of its policies as an essential step in policy development. This paper presents the design and first prototype of a computerized integrated framework to assess, ex-ante, agricultural and environmental policies across a range of scales, from field-farm to region, EU25 and globe. In this large integrated project 30 research groups work jointly on developing the SEAMLESS Integrated Framework. Key requirements of the framework are that it is open, generic and transparent. This puts stringent requirements on the software backbone of the project and on a modular set-up. The framework is developed in close interaction with the targeted prime users, including the European Commission.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting,Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software
Publication date	1 Dec 2006
ISBN (Print)	1424308526, 9781424308521
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2006
Event	3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society: Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software, iEMSs 2006 - Burlington, VT, United States Duration: 9 Jul 2006 → 13 Jul 2006

Conference

Conference	3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society: Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software, iEMSs 2006
Country/Territory	United States
City	Burlington, VT
Period	09/07/2006 → 13/07/2006
Sponsor	The University of Vermont (UVM), Elsevier, Univ. Arizona, Sustainability, Semi-Arid Hydrol. Riparian Areas (SAHRA), USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, el. al.

Series	Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting," Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software"

Keywords

Agricultural systems
Integrated assessment
Model components
Ontology
Software framework
Sustainable development

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Van Ittersum, M., Ewert, F., Olsson, J. A., Andersen, E., Bezlepkina, I., Brouwer, F., Donatelli, M., Flichman, G., Heckelei, T., Olsson, L., Lansink, A. O., Rizzoli, A., Van Der Wal, T., & Wery, J. (2006). Integrated assessment of agricultural and environmental policies - Towards a computerized framework for the EU (SEAMLESS-IF). In Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting,Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting," Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software"

Integrated assessment of agricultural and environmental policies - Towards a computerized framework for the EU (SEAMLESS-IF). / Van Ittersum, Martin; Ewert, Frank; Olsson, Johanna Alkan et al.

Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting,Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software. 2006. (Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting," Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software").

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Van Ittersum, M, Ewert, F, Olsson, JA, Andersen, E, Bezlepkina, I, Brouwer, F, Donatelli, M, Flichman, G, Heckelei, T, Olsson, L, Lansink, AO, Rizzoli, A, Van Der Wal, T & Wery, J 2006, Integrated assessment of agricultural and environmental policies - Towards a computerized framework for the EU (SEAMLESS-IF). in Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting,Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software. Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting," Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software", 3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society: Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software, iEMSs 2006, Burlington, VT, United States, 09/07/2006.

Van Ittersum M, Ewert F, Olsson JA, Andersen E, Bezlepkina I, Brouwer F et al. Integrated assessment of agricultural and environmental policies - Towards a computerized framework for the EU (SEAMLESS-IF). In Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting,Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software. 2006. (Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting," Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software").

Van Ittersum, Martin ; Ewert, Frank ; Olsson, Johanna Alkan et al. / Integrated assessment of agricultural and environmental policies - Towards a computerized framework for the EU (SEAMLESS-IF). Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting,Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software. 2006. (Proceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting," Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software").

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