Basque country launches first open data portal for agriculture
Agriculture is one of the main sectors of economic activity in the
Northern Basque Country of France. The Basque Country Agglomeration
Community [https://www.communaute-paysbasque.fr/eu/] wants to preserve
the agricultural quality of the region by preventing deterioration
caused by erosion and demographic factors, such as ageing of farm
managers. As a result, the Northern Basque municipal community
launched the open data portal ZABAL
[https://zabal-agriculture.opendata-paysbasque.fr/pages/accueil-zabal/]
in 2021, which provides open agricultural data from France and can be
used to increase the transparency of public action, to encourage
innovation, and to contribute to the digital economic development of
the region. 

Currently, ZABAL provides 113 datasets on agricultural topics such as
different types of land use, sectors of the Basque Country,
demographic data about farm managers and employees, support and
subsidy and installation and transmission. In total, 643 organic farms
can be found in the Organic Area of Basque Country, which are
categorised into eight crop categories. The total percentage of acres
each crop category covers is indicated as well, along with the
geographical location and number of organic producers, processors,
distributions, and importers that are active in the Basque Country. In
order to create value-added services, the platform uses data from
sources such as the Ministry of Agriculture (Agreste)
[https://agreste.agriculture.gouv.fr/], the Social Security Agency for
the Agricultural Sector (MSA) [https://www.msa.fr/lfy], the National
Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN)
[https://www.ign.fr/] and the National Institute of Statistics and
Economic Studies (INSEE) [https://www.insee.fr/en/].

For more information, visit the ZABAL open data portal
[https://zabal-agriculture.opendata-paysbasque.fr/].

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Publication Date/Time
2021-05-06T07:00:00+00:00
ZABAL provides 113 datasets on agricultural topics across France