PACIOLI 02 - Maastricht 1995

The PACIOLI project is a concerted action for the EC consisting of four workshops; the first workshop on farm accounting and information management was held in March 1995. The second workshop on accounting and managing innovation is held September 1995. The objective of PACIOLI is to explore the needs for and feasibility of projects on the innovation in farm accounting and its consequences for the data-gathering with Farm Accountancy Data Networks (FADN). In the second workshop the national FADNs were the main subject. According to the principles of Strategic Information Management (SIM) and Information Modelling (IM), each country gave a global description of its FADN. Both the organization around the FADN and within the FADN are described. Around the FADN, the management and funding structure of the organization of the FADN is described, as well as the stakeholders: everyone who deals with the FADN in one way or another. The section on accounting at farm level gives an impression of the technological and fiscal environment of the FADN. Within the FADN, a process model is given and the latest innovations which have taken place are mentioned.