The Lucas survey - European statisticians monitor territory (PDF) - Products Statistical working papers

LUCAS is a pilot project launched by Eurostat in close co-operation with the Directorate General of Agriculture and the Joint Research Centre to support policy formulation. LUCAS is an area frame statistical survey that aims at obtaining harmonized data at EU level on land use, land cover and environment. The survey consists in the ground visit in springtime of about 100 000 points sampled according to a regular grid . Additional data are collected in autumn on yields and agricultural practices by the interview of a subsample of farmers . The survey was carried out for the first time in 2001.
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