The Implementation Dialogue on agricultural farm statistics came about in Brussels on 24 March 2026. It featured an open dialogue with farmers’ representatives, agricultural companies and enterprise associations, social companions and nationwide statistical authorities. The intention was to assemble stakeholder suggestions on alternatives to simplify information collections and cut back administrative burden whereas sustaining the standard and relevance of agricultural farm statistics.
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The exchanges began by taking inventory of classes learnt from implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 on built-in farm statistics, which covers the agricultural census 2020 and two farm surveys in 2023 and 2026 that present a novel perception into the realities of farmers throughout Europe.
The discussions highlighted the necessity for higher information interoperability to facilitate the re-use of current information for statistical functions and for sustainable partnerships between information holders and statistical authorities. The precept of ‘accumulating as soon as and utilizing a number of instances’ was pressured to keep away from overlaps in information collections, together with the necessity to higher outline the scope of the info assortment, assure the usage of harmonised definitions, and correctly talk new necessities. The individuals known as for the longer term authorized framework to incorporate enablers and supporting mechanisms for utilizing new sources like farm equipment information and digital applied sciences.
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The stakeholders prompt that seamless information flows and interoperability will be supported through the use of distinctive farm identifiers that permit the interlinkage of current information in separate administrative registers. This needs to be mixed with efforts for wider re-use of such information to compile European statistics by the general public authorities within the EU international locations and at European degree. The continual relevance of official farm statistics needs to be ensured by enhancing their timeliness, capturing rising traits and offering farmers with insights higher tailor-made to their wants.
Commissioner Dombrovskis concluded the Implementation Dialogue by stressing the very important influence of stakeholders’ enter not solely to simplify statistical reporting and cut back burden, but additionally to make sure that European official statistics proceed to serve the actual wants of farmers, companies and policymakers in a fast-evolving panorama. Eurostat will take into account the outcomes of this Implementation Dialogue and different stakeholder suggestions acquired when getting ready the European framework for future farm statistics.
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