Project
7-State-Evaluation: Effects on animal welfare
On-going evaluation of the Rural Development Programmes of seven German federal states in the programming period 2007 - 2013: Effects on animal welfare
The Thünen Institute of Farm Economics evaluates the effects on animal welfare of the Rural Development Programs (RDP) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony / Bremen and Hamburg.
Background and Objective
Various measures under the RDP such as the farm investment support, farm advisory services or animal welfare payments, aim at improving animal welfare. We assess if they achieve this goal. To this aim, the following questions are crucial:
- Are the measures in principle suitable to achieve improvements in animal welfare?
- Which effects do the measures unfold on the supported holdings?
- What is the contribution of the measures to improve animal welfare in livestock farming?
Evaluation of the effects on animal welfare takes place within evaluation of the whole Rural Development Programs.
Approach
To evaluate the effects of the various support measures, we use different methods. For the animal welfare payments, we collected animal- and resource-oriented indicators on 120 dairy farms to assess the state of welfare on the supported farms. The extension measure is evaluated by using a written survey which assesses the behavioral changes of the supported farmers.
Data and Methods
For the analysis, we evaluate funding data (for example, animal numbers, funding amounts) but also self-collected data and information from statistical surveys. In addition to quantitative statistical methods (descriptive statistics, multivariate analyses), we use qualitative methods (focus groups, content analysis).
Results
Publications on RDP-Evaluation: www.eler-evaluierung.de/publikationen/projektberichte/7-laender-bewertung-foerderperiode-2007-bis-2013
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Duration
1.2008 - 3.2017
More Information
Project status:
finished
Publications to the project
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Bergschmidt A, Brinkmann J, Renziehausen C, March S (2017) Evaluating 'Animal Welfare Payments' of the EUs Common Agricultural Policy. In: Jong IC, Koene P (eds) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level : WAFL 2017 ; Ede, The Netherlands ; September 5-8, 2017. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publ, p 168
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Bathke M, Grajewski R, Bergschmidt A, Eberhardt W, Ebers H, Fährmann B, Forstner B, Moser A, Pollermann K, Pufahl A, Reiter K, Roggendorf W, Sander A, Schwarz G, Spengler M, Techen A-K (2016) Ex-post Evaluation of the Hamburg Rural Development Plan 2007 to 2013 : Summary. Braunschweig: Thünen-Institut, II,15 p
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Bergschmidt A (2016) Ex-post-Bewertung NRW-Programm Ländlicher Raum 2007 bis 2013 : Modulbericht 6.5_MB Tierschutz (ELER-Code 215). Braunschweig: Thünen-Institut, IV,63 p
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Bergschmidt A (2016) Ex-post-Bewertung PROFIL 2007 bis 2013 : Modulbericht 5.4_MB(b) Tierschutzwirkungen des AFP (ELER-Code 121). Braunschweig: Thünen-Institut, III,18 p
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Bergschmidt A (2015) Ex-post-Bewertung EPLR Hamburg 2007 bis 2013 : Modulbericht 6.4_MB Sommerweidehaltung von Rindern (ELER-Code 215). Braunschweig: Thünen-Institut, II,38 p
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Bergschmidt A, Renziehausen C, March S, Brinkmann J (2015) Tierschutzwirkungen der Entwicklungsprogramme für den ländlichen Raum - Ergebnisse aus der Evaluierung der Maßnahme "Förderung umwelt- und tiergerechter Haltungsverfahren". In: Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft (ed) Herausforderung Tierwohl : KTBL-Tagung vom 13. bis 15. April 2015 in Halle (Saale). Darmstadt: KTBL, pp 208-213
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Bergschmidt A, Renziehausen C, Brinkmann J, March S (2014) Application of the welfare quality protocols for the evaluation of agricultural policies [Poster]. In: Mounier L, Veissier I (eds) Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at the Farm and Group Level : WAFL 2014 ; Clermont-Ferrand, France ; September 3-5, 2014. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publ, p 201
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Bergschmidt A, Ebers H, Forstner B (2012) Agrarinvestitionsförderung: Anmerkungen zum BMELV-Vorschlag für eine Neuausrichtung. Agra Europe (Bonn) 53(47):S1-4
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Grajewski R, Bathke M, Bergschmidt A, Bormann K, Eberhardt W, Ebers H, Fährmann B, Fengler B, Fitschen-Lischewski A, Forstner B, Kleinhanß W, Nitsch H, Osterburg B, Plankl R, Raue P, Reiter K, Röder N, Sander A, Schmidt TG, Tietz A, Weingarten P (2011) Ländliche Entwicklungspolitik ab 2014 : eine Bewertung der Verordnungsvorschläge der Europäischen Kommission vom Oktober 2011. Braunschweig: vTI, 302 p, Arbeitsber vTI Agrarökonomie 2011/08
https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/bitv/dn049621.pdf
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Bergschmidt A, Forstner B (2010) Can evaluation provide the information needed? Issues of evaluation quality and limited appraisal. In: Abstracts Book / The 9th European Evaluation Society International Conference : 6-8 October 2010. Prague, Czech Republic. Prague: EES, p 6
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Bergschmidt A, Schrader L (2009) Application of an animal welfare assessment system for policy evaluation : does the farm investment scheme improve animal welfare in subsidised new stables? Landbauforsch 59(2):95-104
https://literatur.thuenen.de/digbib_extern/bitv/dk041902.pdf
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Bergschmidt A (2009) Powerless evaluation. EuroChoices 8(3):37-42
