Subproject 4:

Scientific evaluation concepts for "multifunctional agriculture"

Several agri-environmental models for evaluating land use systems and cultivation strategies are analysed in order to identify utilisation and objective conflicts, to reconstruct scientific overall concepts and to choose an evaluation model for further research. The evaluation system MODAM developed at the Leibniz Centre of Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, is used to determine possible ecological effects caused by measures of the new agricultural policy and the recent CAP reform applied to an exemplary chosen region (Ostprignitz-Ruppin/ Brandenburg). Furthermore, it will be estimated which amount financial allowances should have in case of conventional quality production, organic farming or renewable resource production in order to provide effective incentives for farmers.