FSDN Representativeness

The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the representativeness of the means, or estimates, derived from the Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN) by comparing them to the corresponding population averages and by providing associated precision measures.

This is achieved, first, by comparing FSDN estimates to population averages for 2020 obtained from Integrated Farm Statistics (IFS). The population of interest for FSDN includes farms that belong to IFS and have an economic size above a minimum threshold specified by each Member State. This Eurostat-FADN comparison focuses on three indicators: Utilised Agricultural Area (UAA) in hectares, Standard Output (SO) in euro, and Livestock Units (LU).

The dashboard also provides measures of precision of FSDN estimates for a large number of FSDN indicators. This precision assessment is based solely on FSDN data and presents estimates from 2011 to 2020 at various levels of aggregation. Estimates account for the FSDN sampling design, and standard errors are obtained using variance linearization techniques.