GTIS CAP US-EC Workshop on Innovative Technologies for Increasing Food Safety in the Fork-to-Farm Chain Brussels, 24-25 January 2005 1/19 Session IV Emerging

US-EC Workshop on Innovative Technologies for Increasing Food Safety in the Fork-to-Farm Chain

Brussels, 24-25 January 2005

GTISCAP

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Session IV

Emerging ideas and technologies:

Case studies and fields of possible application

The GTIS-CAP Project, geographical origin of food crops and corresponding quality indicators.

Robert Oger

Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, Belgium



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Changes of management practices at the farm level

New technological methods related to high and specific quality characteristics of products

The compulsory nature of national and European agri-environmental regulations.

Educational initiatives

The voluntary use of global assessment or management tools

The need to qualify the final products or the production process

The GTIS-CAP Project : general context



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GTIS CAP : GeoTraceability Integrated System for Common Agricultural Policy

Complete the information systems used by European and national bodies for the control and the management of the Commonn Agricultural Policy with geo-referenced traceability data and indicators

Interface these information systems with agricultural management systems used by producers in order to provide them with added values for specific production methods based on precise specifications which are regulated by food chain actors and certifying bodies

The GTIS-CAP Project : strategic objectives



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Outline of the presentation

Short introduction on the GTIS CAP project

Concepts and definitions of geotraceability

Implementation of the geotraceability concepts•Some difficulties•Two opportunities

Integrated approach of geotraceability•Geotraceability indicators•Information infrastructures

Added values and stakes of geotraceability



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Importance of geography for agricultural productions

• Impact of environment on the agricultural parcels

• Impact of agricultural practices on parcel environment

• Influence of parcel characteristics on the agricultural products

• Parcel history

Necessity to use spatial analysis tools

N

N-1



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The concept of geographical traceability

• Complete classical traceability data with geographical information (x,y coordinates)

• Geotraceability is the contribution of geographical data to classical traceability

• Visualise traceability informations in a clear and intuitive way on maps and make use of GIS to study the relationships between environment and the production parcels.

Position X=4.233,565 Y = 2.586,5616

Farmer: DupontType : winter wheat

Field TablePrimary producers

Supply – Transport – Stock management

Food processors Retail

Upstream TraceabilityUpstream Traceability Downstream TraceabilityDownstream Traceability ConsumersProducers

GeoTraceability

Service Societies



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Space Climate

Time

Event

Decade

Season

Multi-seasonal

Agricultural parcel

Region

Farm

Production block

Geotraceability information and data : spatial & temporal scales

Environment& Soil



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Great diversity of data for the qualification of agricultural products and their impact on th environment. Land use, topography, climatology Soil type, soil and parcel hydraulic Inter and intra-parcel agricultural practices (varieties, fertilization, harvest

date).

All the data are not necessarily available Technical data from farms at the parcel level Data on surrounding parcels Environmental data in general

When available Data are seldom georeferenced Data are not homogeneous or standardized

Some difficulties to implement geotraceability concepts



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Two opportunitiesTwo opportunities

1) The European regulation 1593/00 compels any member State that « provision should be made for the introduction of computerised geographical information system techniques for the identification of agricultural parcels » : Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS)

Multi annual cartography of

arable land

Land parcel identification system (LPIS) gives an unique parcel identification number and access to the annual cartography of the arable lands on the whole territory of the European Union.



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To complete and reinforce the diagnosis at parcel and farm level thanks to a dedicated and simple information on their surroundings.

To better support the up-date process of LPIS thanks to a specific appraisal of risk and comparison of data at local level.

Two opportunitiesTwo opportunities 2) Remote sensing makes it possible to bring georeferenced,

significant, factual and contextual information in association with LPIS

To complete the analysis of the impact of agricultural production on the surroundings of the parcel and its consequences on the environment.



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IACS / LPIS data

Remote sensing data

Traceability data

Geographical data

Thematic and additional information at the parcel scale and its environment

Spatial data on the environment of farms or parcels

Alphanumerical databases from farmers or farmers associations

Alphanumerical and graphical databases on land parcels

A great number and a great diversity of providers

Different types of standards and norms for data exchange

A huge volume of data to manage

A great diversity of potential users

Geographical traceability requires specific tools in order to satisfy the needs of all the potential users in the agro-food chain

Geographical traceability : necessityGeographical traceability : necessity to to implement animplement an integrated approach integrated approach



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Based on:

Development of geotraceability indicators related to three main topics : food safety, quality of products and impact on environment.

Development of shared information technology infrastructures for the monitoring of traceability of agricultural productions

Geographical traceability : necessityGeographical traceability : necessity to to implement animplement an integrated approach integrated approach



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Geographical traceability indicatorsGeographical traceability indicators

DefinitionCombination of raw data, in particular geographical data, in order to give an information on the value of a parameter useful for agro-food traceability purposes.

Criteria

Must bring a synthetic vision of a problem

Must be based on reliable and easily accessible data

Must be sensitive to changes of input data

Must be accepted by its potential users

Must be based on rules or regulations



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Geographical traceability shared Geographical traceability shared information infrastructuresinformation infrastructures

Interoperable computer infrastructures able to ensure the exchange of geographical and traceability data or traceability indicators through the internet

Provide extended GIS capabilities such as spatial data analysis, web mapping

Based on metadata catalogues

Criteria



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Facilitate control of cross compliance in the frame of the CAP reform

Improve the management of agricultural activities

Provide added value for specific production methods

Ensure improved risk management

Promote the quality and the origin of produce

Geographical traceability : Geographical traceability : objectives of theobjectives of the integrated approachintegrated approach



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Geographical origin of food crops and corresponding quality indicators : added

values for the agro-food sectors

Generate added value products

Reinforce communicationand information

exchange

Develop good professional practices between all

the actors of the food chain

Most of agro-food sectors and actors consider that geographical information can promote high quality and certified

products

Indisputable and understandable geographical information facilitate

management of production systems while complying to forthcoming legislation

Proof the geographical origin of the products and of all the transformations

steps



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Food quality and security

Globalisation

Sustainable development

Real time life product indentification supported by

georeferenced data

Economical, social and environmental development

of rural regions

Geographical information is a main reference for agro-food products that gives an excellent way of products

differentiation on a still growing market for all the actors of the chain.

Geographical origin of food crops and corresponding quality indicators : stakes



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Globalisation Localisation

Standardised/uniformity Quality certification

World wide locations- Specific geographic locations

Common place products of unidentified origins

Products with identifiable roots/origins

Development of global brands

Develoment of regional quality products

Mass consumerism Selective and demanding consumerism

Geographical origin of food crops : the stakesGeographical origin of food crops : the stakes



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Source: Corine land cover, Belgium, NGI, 2004

Michel DEBORDProject CoordinatorCCI-GersPlace Jean DavidF-32004 AuchFRANCETel : +33 5 6260 6888Fax : +33 5 6261 6263E-mail : [email protected]

Robert OGERCRA-WRue de Liroux, 9B-5030 GemblouxBelgiumTél : +31 81 62 65 78Fax : +31 81 62 65 59E-mail : [email protected]

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GTIS CAP US-EC Workshop on Innovative Technologies for Increasing Food Safety in the Fork-to-Farm Chain Brussels, 24-25 January 2005 1/19 Session IV Emerging