Protocol

• Five academic data bases were used for searching the literature: Science Direct; Web of science/web of knowledge; Wiley online library; SCOPUS (Elsevier); Google scholar.

• Searches were run using the following combination of search terms:  “Impact assessment “;“Impact assessment tools”;  “Impact assessment methods”;  “Impact assessment in agriculture”; “Impact assessment in environment”; “Impact assessment CAP”; “Impact assessment Agrienvironmental schemes”; “Impact assessment Water Framework Directive”; “Impact assessment Rural development plan”; “Impact assessment Nitrates sensitive areas”; “Impact assessment decoupling”.

• The searches identified over 1000 articles (including duplicates) published up to 31 October 2011.

• Articles to be included in the literature review were selected by comparing titles and subtitles as well as reading the abstracts. A final decision was only made at the review stage (i.e. by a full read). Articles were selected if they focused on:
  • Impact assessment in agriculture;
  • Impact assessment in environment;
  • Impact assessment in European policies;
  • Impact assessment tools;
  • Impact assessment methods.

• The total number of resulting articles to be included in the “IA tools applied to impact assessment of EU policies in agriculture and environment” literature review was 135.

List of articles

Abildtrup, J., Audsley, E., Fekete-Farkas, M., Giupponi, C., Gylling, M., Rosato, P. and Rounsevell, M. 2006. Socio-economic scenario development for the assessment of climate change impacts on agricultural land use: a pairwise comparison approach, Environmental science & policy, 9, pp. 101-115.

Addink, E.A. 1999. Method to monitor and quantify the environmental impact of European agriculture: Conceptual outline, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 1, pp. 4-8.

Ahearn, M.C., Yee, J. and Korb, P. 2005. Effects of differing farm policies on-farm structure and dynamics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 87, (5), p. 1182–1189.

Ahmadvand, M. and Karami, E. 2009. A social impact assessment of the floodwater spreading project on the Gareh-Bygone plain in Iran: A causal comparative approach, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 29, p. 126–136.

Ahmadvand, M., Karami, E., Zamani, G.H. and Vanclay, F. 2009. Evaluating the use of Social Impact Assessment in the context of agricultural development projects in Iran, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 29, pp. 399-407.

Andersen, E., Elbersen, B., Godeschalk, F. and Verhoog, D. 2007. Farm management indicators and farm typologies as a basis for assessments in a changing policy environment, Journal of Environmental Management, 82, pp. 353-362.

Andreoli, M. and Tellarini, V. 2000. Farm sustainability evaluation: methodology and practice, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 77, pp. 43-52.

Arriaza, M. and Gomez-Limon, A.J. 2006. How decoupling could mean dismantling of the cotton sector in Spain, NEW MEDIT, 1, pp. 4-14.

Atkinson, G. and Mourato, S. 2008. Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 33, pp. 317-344.

Banks, J. and Mardsen, T. 2000. Integrating Agri-Environmental Policy, Farming Systems and Rural Development: Tir Cymen in Wales, Sociologia Ruralis, 40, (4), p. 467 – 480.

Bartolini, F., Bazzani, G.M., Gallerani, V. and Raggi, M. 2007. The impact of water and agriculture policy scenarios on irrigated farming systems in Italy: An analysis based on farm level multi-attribute linear programming models, Agricultural Systems, 93, pp. 90-114.

Bartolini, F., Gallerani, V., Raggi, M. and Viaggi, D. 2010. Water management and irrigated agriculture in Italy: multicriteria analysis of alternative policy scenarios, Water Policy, 12, pp. 135-47.

Bateman, I.J., Deflandre-Vlandas, A., Fezzi, C., Hadley, D., Hutchins, M., Lovett, A., Posen, P. and Rigby, D. 2007. WFD related agricultural nitrate and phosphate leaching reduction options: Cost estimates derived from farm level survey data & A cost- effectiveness assessment for the Derwent catchment, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, 1, pp. 1-62.

Bazzani, G.M. 2005. A decision support for an integrated multi-scale analysis of irrigation: DSIRR, Journal of Environmental Management, 77, pp. 301-314.

Bazzani, G.M., Di Pasquale, S., Gallerani, V., Morganti, S., Raggi, M. and Viaggi, D. 2005. The sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems under the Water Framework Directive: first results, Environmental Modelling & Software, 20, pp. 165-175.

Belhouchette, H., Louhichi, K., Therond, O., Mouratiadou, I., Wery, J., Ittersum, M.v. and Flichman, G. 2010. Assessing the impact of the Nitrate Directive on farming systems using a bio-economic modelling chain, Agricultural Systems, doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2010.09.003.

Benedetti, L., De Baets, B., Nopens, I. and Vanrolleghem, P.A. 2010. Multi-criteria analysis of wastewater treatment plant design and control scenarios under uncertainty, Environmental Modelling & Software, 25, pp. 616-621.

Berbel, J. and Gomez-Limon, J.A. 2000. The impact of water-pricing policy in Spain: an analysis of three irrigated areas, Agricultural Water Management, 43, pp. 219-238.

Berkhout, F., Hertin, J. and Jordan, A. 2002. Socio-economic futures in climate change impact assessment: using scenarios as ‘learning machines’, Global Environmental Change, 12, pp. 83-95.

Biao, X., Xiaorong, W., Zhuhong, D. and Yaping, Y. 2003. Critical impact assessment of organic agriculture, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 16, pp. 297-311.

Binder, C.R., Feola, G. and Steinberger, J.K. 2010. Considering the normative, systemic and procedural dimensions in indicator-based sustainability assessments in agriculture, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 30, pp. 71-81.

Blengini, G.A. and Busto, M. 2009. The life cycle of rice: LCA of alternative agri-food chain management systems in Vercelli (Italy), Journal of Environmental Management, 90, p. 1512–1522.

Bonfiglio, A. 2011. A neural network for evaluating environmental impact of decoupling in rural systems, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 35, pp. 65-76.

Boorman, D.B. 2003. Climate, Hydrochemistry and Economics of Surface-water Systems (CHESS): adding a European dimension to the catchment modelling experience developed under LOIS, The Science of the Total Environment, 314-316, pp. 411-437.

Bouraoui, F., Grizzetti, B. and Aloe, A. 2008. An integrated approach for assessing nitrogen fate in Italy, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 17, (8), pp. 1110-1114.

Bournaris, T., Papathanasiou, J., Moulogianni, C. and Manos, B. 2009. A Fuzzy Multicriteria Mathematical Programming model for planning agricultural regions, VIII, (4), 22-27.

Braband, D., Geier, U. and Köpke, U. 2003. Bio-resource evaluation within agri-environmental assessment tools in different European countries, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 98, p. 423–434.

Bradley, D., Dwyer, J. and Hill, B. 2010. The evaluation of rural development policy in the EU, Eurochoices, 9, pp. 15-20.

Brentrup, F., Kusters, J., Kuhlmann, H. and Lammel, J. 2001. Application of the Life Cycle Assessment methodology to agricultural production: an example of sugar beet production with different forms of nitrogen fertilisers, European Journal of Agronomy, 14, p. 221–233.

Cardenete, M. and Sancho, F. 2004. Reverse impact assessment using a regional social accounting matrix, Environment and Planning A, 36, pp. 937-945.

Cashmore, M., Bond, A. and Cobb, D. 2008. The role and functioning of environmental assessment: Theoretical reflections upon an empirical investigation of causation, Journal of Environmental Management, 88, pp. 1233-1248.

Cederberg, C. and Mattsson, B. 2000. Life cycle assessment of milk production — a comparison of conventional and organic farming, Journal of Cleaner Production, 8, pp. 49-60.

Clausen, A., Hoa Vu, H. and Pedrono, M. 2010. An evaluation of the environmental impact assessment system in Vietnam: The gap between theory and practice, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2010.04.008.

de Jesus-Hitzschky, K.R.E. and da Silveira, J.M.F.J. 2009. A proposed impact assessment method for genetically modified plants (AS-GMP Method), Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 29, pp. 348-358.

de Ridder, W., Turnpenny, J., Nilsson , and von Raggamby , A. 2007. A framework for tool selection and use in integrated assessment for sustainable development, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 9, p. 423 – 441.

Dwyer, J., Bradley, D. and Hill, B. 2008. Towards an enhanced evaluation of european rural development policy – reflections on United Kingdom experience, Economie Rurale, 307, pp. 53-79.

Ewert, F., van Ittersum, M.K., Bezlepkina, I., Therond, O., Andersen, E., Belhouchette, H., Bockstaller, C., Brouwer, F., Heckelei, T., Janssen, S., Knapen, R., Kuiper, M., Louhichi, K., Olsson, J.A., Turpin, N., Wery, J., Wien, J.E. and Wolf, J. 2009. A methodology for enhanced flexibility of integrated assessment in agriculture, Environmental science & policy, 12, pp. 546-561.

Fassio, A., Giupponi, C., Hiederer, R. and Simota, C. 2005. A decision support tool for simulating the effects of alternative policies affecting water resources: an application at the European scale, Journal of Hydrology, 304, pp. 462-476.

Finn, J., Bartolini, F., Bourke, D., Kurz, I. and Viaggi, D. 2009. Ex post environmental evaluation of agri-environment schemes using experts' judgements and multicriteria analysis, 52, pp. 717-37.

Fitzpatricka, P. and Sinclair, A.J. 2003. Learning through public involvement in environmental assessment hearings, Journal of Environmental Management, 67, pp. 161-174.

Fitzpatrick, P. and Sinclair, A.J. 2009. Multi-jurisdictional environmental impact assessment: Canadian experiences, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 29, pp. 252-260.

Fragoulis, G., Trevisan, M., Di Guardo, A., Sorce, A., Van Der Meer, M., Weibel, F. and Capri, E. 2009. Development of a management tool to indicate the environmental impact of organic viticulture, Journal of Environmental Quality, 38, (2), pp. 826-835.

Franz, J. and Kirkpatrick, C. 2006. Improving the quality of integrated policy analysis: impact assessment for sustainable development in the European Commission, Evidence & Policy, 4, pp. 171-185.

Fritzsch, J., Wegener, S., Buchenrieder, G., Curtiss, J. and Gomez y Paloma, S. 2010. Is there a future for semi-subsistence farm households in Central and southeastern Europe? A multiobjective linear programming approach, Journal of Policy Modeling, doi:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.10.005.

Gabbert, S., Ittersum, M.v., Kroeze, C., Stalpers, S., Ewert, F. and Olsson, J.A. 2010. Uncertainty analysis in integrated assessment: the users’ perspective, Regional Environmental Change, 10, pp. 131-143.

García-Montero, L.G., López, E., Monzón, A. and Pastor, I.O. 2010. Environmental screening tools for assessment of infrastructure plans based on biodiversity preservation and global warming (PEIT, Spain), Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 30, p. 158–168.

Giupponi, C. and Vladimirova, I. 2006. Ag-PIE: A GIS-based screening model for assessing agricultural pressures and impacts on water quality on a European scale, Science of the Total Environment, 359, p. 57– 75.

Gocht, A. and Britz, W. 2010. EU-wide farm type supply models in CAPR I— How to consistently disaggregate sector models into farm type models, Journal of Policy Modeling, doi:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.10.006.

Gohin, A. 2006. Assessing CAP reform: Sensitivity of modelling decoupled policies, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 57, (3), pp. 415-440.

Gotor, E. and Tsigas, M.E. 2010. The impact of the EU sugar trade reform on poor households in developing countries: A general equilibrium analysis, Journal of Policy Modeling, doi:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.10.001.

Granlund, K., Rekolainen, S., Grönroos, J., Nikander, A. and Laine, Y. 2000. Estimation of the impact of fertilisation rate on nitrate leaching in Finland using a mathematical simulation model, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 80, pp. 1-13.

Haas, G., Wetterich , and Geier, 2000. Life Cycle Assessment Framework in Agriculture on the Farm Level, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 5, (6), pp. 345 - 348.

Haas, G., Wetterich, F. and Köpke, U. 2001. Comparing intensive, extensified and organic grassland farming in southern Germany by process life cycle assessment, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 83, pp. 43-53.

Hacking, T. and Guthrie, P. 2008. A framework for clarifying the meaning of Triple Bottom-Line, Integrated, and Sustainability Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 28, pp. 73-89.

Hajkowicz, S. and Collins, K. (2007) 'A review of multiple criteria analysis for water resource planning and management', Water Resources Management, vol. 21, pp. 1553-66.

Halberg, N., Verschuur, G. and Goodlass, G. 2005. Farm level environmental indicators; are they useful? An overview of green accounting systems for European farms, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 105, pp. 195-212.

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Hanley, N. 2001. Cost benefit analysis and environmental policymaking, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, (19), pp. 103-118.

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Haynes, P. 2008. Complexity theory and evaluation in public management. A qualitative systems approach, Public Management Review, 10, (3), p. 401–419.

Heinma, K. and Põder, T. 2010. Effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessment system in Estonia, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 30, pp. 272-277.

Hodgson, J.G., Grime, J.P., Wilson, P.J., Thompson, K. and Band, S.R. 2005. The impacts of agricultural change (1963–2003) on the grassland flora of Central England: processes and prospects, Basic and Applied Ecology, 6, pp. 107-118.

Holmer, M., Argyrou, M., Dalsgaard, T., Danovaro, R., Diaz-Almela, E., Duarte, C.M., Frederiksen, M., Grau, A., Karakassis, I., Marbà, N., Mirto, S., Pérez, M., Pusceddu, A. and Tsapakis, M. 2008. Effects of fish farm waste on Posidonia oceanica meadows: Synthesis and provision of monitoring and management tools, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56, p. 1618–1629.

Hulme, D. 2000. Impact Assessment Methodologies for Microfinance: Theory, Experience and Better Practice, World Development, 28, (1), pp. 79-98.

Ijäs, A., Kuitunen, M.T. and Jalava, K. 2010. Developing the RIAM method (rapid impact assessment matrix) in the context of impact significance assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 30, pp. 82-89.

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Janssen, R., Goosen, H., Verhoeven, L.M., Verhoeven, J.T.A., Omtzigt, A.Q.A. and Maltby, E. 2005. Decision support for integrated wetland management, Environmental Modelling & Software, 20, pp. 215-229.

Janssen, S. and Van Ittersum, M.K. 2007. Assessing farm innovations and responses to policies: A review of bio-economic farm models, Agricultural Systems, 94, p. 622–636.

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Knickel, K., Kroger, M., Bruckmeier, K. and Engwall, Y. 2009. The challenge of evaluating policies for promoting the multifunctionality of agriculture: When 'good' questions cannot be addressed quantitatively and 'quantitative answers are not that good', Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 11, (4), pp. 347-367.

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