Abstract

Accurate data is necessary to design policies that ensure food security and promote sustainable agriculture. This is one of the key policy goals at European and international level, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Measuring agricultural productivity by total factor productivity makes possible analysing agriculture in the light of the use of its producing factors. Additionally, it sheds light on the externalities produced by the agricultural industry. Different and coordinated actions are being taken within the international statistical community. This paper presents how to compile total factor productivity and sustainability indicators at European Union level.