Plutonium and Cesium inventories in European topsoils. Includes also the Chernobyl-derived 137Cs and Global-derived 137Cs

Dataset produced in a study (2018) that presents a multiple model assessment on the combined effects of climate change and climate mitigation efforts on agricultural commodity prices, dietary energy availability, and the population at risk of hunger. A robust ...

This dataset (GIS map) (2015) represents the Cover Management factor (C-factor), one of the input layers when calculating the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model, which is the most frequently used model for soil erosion risk estimation; for EU28; resolu...

Map at 500m resolution (2014) providing a complete picture of the soil erodibility in the European Union member states. It is derived on the basis of the LUCAS 2009 soil survey exercise and the European Soil Database.

Dataset (GIS map) (2015) that shows the Soil Loss by Water Erosion in Europe and is the result of applying a modified version of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model, RUSLE 2015; resolution 100m. EU28. Two data points are available: 2010 and ...

Review of market applications of new genomic techniques (NGTs). For the purposes of this study, NGTs are defined as ‘techniques that are able to alter the genetic material of an organism, developed after the publication of EU Directive 2001/18/EC’. This study...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, which entered into force at the beginning of 2021, aims to boost intra-African trade and to accelerate economic development on the continent. This report complements previous continental economy-wide ...

On 17 April 2019, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices (UTPs) in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain. To assess the effectiveness of measures taken by Membe...

PATHWAYS FOR THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECTOR BEYOND 2020 - interactive infographics and dashboards complementing the scientific report "Scenar 2030 - Pathways for the European agriculture and food sector beyond 2020", a study carried out by the Joint ...

On 14 July 2020 the JRC launched a survey in all 24 EU official languages to monitor the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the EU’s agricultural-food supply chain - from farm to fork. Survey target were companies and businesses (including small ...

A population genetic study on Mediterranean blue shark for stock identification and conservation was funded by JRC. The dataset published here contains information on all the samples collected and used in the context of the MedBlueSGen project. Samples collect...

Employing an economy-wide model (JRC DEMETRA), the analysis provides a detailed characterization of the AfCFTA impacts on the Kenyan economy in the 2021-2035 timeframe. It considers two liberalization scenarios — tariff-only liberalization and tariff&Non-Tarif...

“Food Price Crowdsourcing Africa” (FPCA) is a research project led by the European Commission - Directorate Joint Research Centre (JRC), and implemented in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria and Wageningen Un...

Monitoring crop phenology with streer-level imagery using computer vision

Analysis of the spatial footprint of the multiple forms of land degradation in global arable lands. This includes 5 land degradation processes: aridity, soil erosion, vegetation decline, soil salinization and soil organic carbon decline. Data are at global sca...

The Total Water Storage (TWS) Anomaly indicator that is implemented in the Copernicus Global Drought Observatory (GDO) is used for determining the occurrence of long-term hydrological drought conditions, which arise when the TWS reaches values lower than usual...

GIS Maps related to Groundwater resources in Europe, covering 3 themes: Inventory of aquifers; Hydrogeology of aquifers; Groundwater abstraction; for 9 European countries (Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Nethe...

The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) is a major international collaborative effort to improve the state of agricultural simulation and to understand climate impacts on the agricultural sector at global and regional scales.

Copper distribution in European Union topsoils based on LUCAS points. The data are at 500m resolution and have been the result of advanced interpolation modelling.