Agri-environmental policies from 1960 to 2022

Data source: Wuepper, Wiebecke, Meier, Vogelsanger, Bramato, Fürholz and Finger

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Description:

This database presents 6,124 agri-environmental policies implemented between 1960 and 2022 in about 200 countries. The database comprises a wide range of policy types (including regulations and payment schemes) and goals (such as biodiversity conservation, safer pesticide use and reducing nutrient pollution).

The original dataset comprises data at the policy level, for the QoG data compilations, the data is aggregated to a country-year count aggregated from the policy database, restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level legislation policies for the same year are added to each EU member state.

Last updated by source: 2023-12-22

Dataset type: Time-Series
Dataset level: Other

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Variables in this dataset:

   Count of environmental and agricultural legislative framework policies
QoG Code: aepd_frame

Number of framework policies recorded for this country and year, counted from the underlying agricultural-environmental policy database. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, the count additionally includes EU-level framework policies for the same year added to each EU member state.

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   Count of environmental and agricultural legislative policies
QoG Code: aepd_legis

Number of legislation policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year count aggregated from the policy database, restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level legislation policies for the same year are added to each EU member state

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   Count of mixed environmental and agricultural policies
QoG Code: aepd_mix

Number of mixed policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level mix policies for the same year are added to each EU member state.

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   Count of environmental and agricultural monitoring policies
QoG Code: aepd_monitor

Number of monitoring policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level monitoring policies for the same year are added to each EU member state.

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   Count of environmental and agricultural payment scheme policies
QoG Code: aepd_pay

Number of payment scheme policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level payment scheme policies for the same year are added to each EU member state.

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   Count of environmental and legislative research and development policies
QoG Code: aepd_rd

Number of R&D policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level R&D policies for the same year are added to each EU member state.

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   Count of environmental and agricultural regulatory policies
QoG Code: aepd_reg

Number of regulation policies recorded for this country and year. This is a country-year aggregate restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, EU-level regulation policies for the same year are added to each EU member state.

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   Total count of agricultural-environmental policies
QoG Code: aepd_total

Total number of policies recorded for this country and year across all policy-type count columns in this dataset. All component counts are aggregated at the country-year level from the policy database, restricted to national-scale policies and excluding policies labeled as repealed. For EU member states, totals include EU-level policies assigned to all EU members for the same year.

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