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THE EU FARM ACCOUNTANCY DATA NETWORK AS A TOOL FOR ASSESSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN LATVIA
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This paper explores the role of the EU Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) in assessing the evolution of agricultural holdings and their contribution to the national economy in Latvia. Although a significant number of previous studies performed a statistical, econometric and comparative analysis of figures extracted from the FADN database, there is still a dearth of research on the importance of the FADN and its integral elements for the provision of detailed and reliable information required for sustainable development, early adoption and change of agricultural policy at national level and across the EU. This paper fills this gap in the literature by giving an insight into challenges the SUDAT - a national component of the FADN - faces in Latvia, its differences from the system operated by the Central Statistical Bureau and dependence on the Farm Structure Survey. The paper adopts a mixed-method approach by integrating and interpreting the results of quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
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