Model (UKCEH)
FARMSCOPER (Farm Scale Optimisation of Pollutant Emission Reductions)
Farmscoper is a decision support tool that allows an assessment of the cost and effectiveness of agricultural mitigation methods on multiple pollutants. It incorporates meta-models of a number of different pollutant models which have previously been used for government policy support at national scale. Farmscoper was originally developed for use at farm scale, but the tool has now been expanded (v3) to include functionality to predict pollutant losses and mitigation impacts for multiple farms in order to simulate one or more catchments. It contains all the data required for use at Water Management Catchment scale in England.
- Version
- v3
- Contact
- Richard Gooday, RSK ADAS Ltd
- Keywords
- Release Date
- February 2016 (v3)
- License
- freely available executable version
- Operating Requirements
- Microsoft Excel 32-bit Windows
- Application Type
- Spreadsheet
- User Interface
- Spreadsheet
- Support Available
- No
- Application Scale
- national
- Geographical Restrictions
- Model was developed using data for England and Wales.
- Temporal Resolution
- Annual
- Spatial Resolution
- farm to catchment
- Primary Purpose
- Pollutant losses for multiple pollutants at farm to national scale. Cost and effect of mitigation method implementation.
- Key Output Variables
- Nutrient losses; Other pollutant losses; GHG losses; Effect on pollutant losses of mitigation method implementation; Cost of mitigation method implementation.
- Key Input Variables
- Crop areas, livestock numbers, rainfall, soil type, farm practice.
- Calibration Required
- No
- Model Structure
- Meta-models of process-based models.
- Model Parameterisation
- Pollutant losses from meta-models of process-based models. Mitigation rules derived from literature.
- Input Data Available on CaMMP Catalogue
- some
- Documentation
- Farmscoper (v1) description: http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=WQ0106_10105_FRP.pdf Farmscoper (v3) description: http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=13269_SCF0104_FarmscoperExtensionFinalReport.pdf
Key References
- Gooday, R.D., Anthony, S.G., Chadwick, D.R., Newell-Price, P., Harris, D., Duethmann, D., Fish, R., Collins, A.L., Winter, M. 2014. Modelling the cost-effectiveness of mitigation methods for multiple pollutants at farm scale. Science of the Total Environment, 468-469, 1198-1209
Input Data
- Crop areas; area; ha; annual; table
- Livestock numbers; count; N/A; annual; table
- Fertiliser use; rate; kg ha-1; annual; table
- Manure management; N/A; N/A; annual; table
- Rainfall; flux; mm; annual; table
- Soil type; table
Output Data
- 1) Nitrate; flux; kg; annual; table 2) Phosphorus; flux; kg; annual; table 3) Sediment; flux; kg; annual; table 4) Ammonia; flux; kg; annual; table 5) Methane; flux; kg; annual; table 6) Nitrous oxide; flux; kg; annual; table 7) Plant protection products; flux; dose units; annual; table 8) Faecal indicator organisms; flux; cfu; annual; table 9) Soil carbon; flux; t CO2; annual; table 10) Energy use; flux; kg CO2; annual; table 11) Mitigation costs; N/A; £; annual; table
Quality Assurance
- Developer Testing
- Unknown
- Internal Peer Review
- Yes
- External Peer Review
- Yes
- Use of Version Control
- Yes
- Internal Model Audit
- Unknown
- External Model Audit
- Unknown
- Quality Assurance Guidelines and Checklists
- Unknown
- Governance
- Unknown
- Transparency
- Unknown
- Periodic Review
- Unknown