Farm Sustainability Index for EU Field Crop Farms, 2010-2023

Gabriela Ignat's study constructs a Farm Sustainability Index (FSI) for field crop farms across the European Union. The analysis uses the FADN/FSDN database from 2010 to 2023, integrating economic, social, environmental, and institutional indicators into composite scores. The results highlight persistent territorial disparities in sustainability performance among EU member states.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking farm sustainability performance based on the four-pillar theoretical structure described.
• Analyzing territorial disparities in agricultural sustainability across EU member states.
• Modeling the temporal impact of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms on farm-level indicators.
• Validating composite indicator methodologies for economic, social, environmental, and institutional dimensions.

Strengths

• Data spans 14 years (2010-2023), allowing for temporal trend analysis.
• Indicators are aligned with international reference frameworks and standardized using z-scores.
• Internal consistency of pillars was assessed using Cronbach's α coefficient and PCA analyses.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is a 711.1 KB DOCX file, suggesting it may contain a summary or report rather than the raw underlying data.

Provenance

Source

FADN/FSDN database.

Collection Method

Indicators were selected, standardized, and integrated into composite indices (FSDI and FSI).

Time Range

2010 to 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 14:49:52; freshness should be verified.

Geography

All European Union Member States.