Agriculture and Environment
Future of European Rural Development. Cracow, 30 November – 1 December 2005
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
National Agri-environmental National Agri-environmental Programme 2004-2006Programme 2004-2006
Usual good farming practicesUsual good farming practices 7 packages7 packages Plan of AE commitments elaborated by Plan of AE commitments elaborated by
AE field officerAE field officer
Packages „„sustainable farmingsustainable farming”, based on fertilisers’ input ”, based on fertilisers’ input
reduction, balancing of fertilisers’ management reduction, balancing of fertilisers’ management and utilisation and on keeping a proper crop and utilisation and on keeping a proper crop rotation; rotation;
„„organic farmingorganic farming”, based on utilisation of ”, based on utilisation of organic farming methods in the meaning of the organic farming methods in the meaning of the Act on organic farming;Act on organic farming;
„„maintenance of extensive meadowsmaintenance of extensive meadows”, related ”, related to re-introduction or continuation of grass-to re-introduction or continuation of grass-cutting, starting from the 1st July (or 15 cutting, starting from the 1st July (or 15 August), on meadows of high nature values, August), on meadows of high nature values, endangered with degradation; endangered with degradation;
„„maintenance of extensive pasturesmaintenance of extensive pastures” based on ” based on usage of low-input grazing as the main way of usage of low-input grazing as the main way of land management on semi-natural habitats, land management on semi-natural habitats, traditionally managed as pastures; traditionally managed as pastures;
Packages
„„water and soil protectionwater and soil protection”, based on intercrops ”, based on intercrops implementation, in order to increase the share implementation, in order to increase the share of soils covered by plants during the autumn – of soils covered by plants during the autumn – winter period;winter period;
„„buffer zonesbuffer zones”, based on maintaince or ”, based on maintaince or introduction of buffer zones and strips in order introduction of buffer zones and strips in order to protect water, soils and biodiversity to protect water, soils and biodiversity
„„protection of local farm animal racesprotection of local farm animal races”, based ”, based on maintenance of local race farm animals on maintenance of local race farm animals herds (horses, cattle and sheep), that are herds (horses, cattle and sheep), that are endangered with extinction.endangered with extinction.
Payment and Area of Payment and Area of ImplementationImplementation::
PPackagackagee PaymentPayment AoIAoIsustainable farmingsustainable farming 160 PLN/ha160 PLN/ha Priority ZonesPriority Zones
organic farmingorganic farming 260 – 1800 PLN/ha260 – 1800 PLN/ha Entire countryEntire country
maintenance of extensive maintenance of extensive meadowsmeadows
400 - 1030 PLN/ha400 - 1030 PLN/ha Priority ZonesPriority Zones
maintenance of extensive maintenance of extensive pasturespastures
230 - 560 PLN/ha230 - 560 PLN/ha Priority ZonesPriority Zones
water and soil protectionwater and soil protection 330 – 570 PLN/ha330 – 570 PLN/ha Entire countryEntire country
buffer zonesbuffer zones 18 - 64 PLN/100m18 - 64 PLN/100m Entire countryEntire country
protection of local farm protection of local farm animal racesanimal races
310 - 1300 PLN/ 310 - 1300 PLN/ animalanimal
Entire countryEntire country
Implementation of NAPImplementation of NAPttill 1ill 188th th of Novemberof November
Number of applications – 31.650soil and water protection – 15.620, organic farming – 6.995, buffer zones – 64, extensive meadows and pastures – 7.018
Amount – 298.108.085 PLN
Area – 543.064 ha
New agri-environmental programme
New approach based on prior experiences Verification of existing packages New packages (pond package, water pool,
protection of local plants, mosaic of arable land)
Remarks on implementation of agri-environmental programmes
Relatively high absorption Agri-environmental advisers Regionalization in implementation of some
packages Low number of packages Low payments
Agri-environmental programme 2007 - 2013
Programming based on prior experiences
New possibilities (Natura 2000 payments, non-productive investments)
New agri-environmental packages
Agri-environmental programme 2007 - 2013
Basic conditions and the beneficiary according to the on-going programme
Application procedure – based on the on-going system (modification in application form and agri-environmental plan).
Agri-environmental programme 2007 - 2013
Horizontal approach (possibility of regionalization of payments and requirements)
Usual good farming practice and „cross – compliance”
Modification of the packages and new packages
Agri- environmental packages2007 - 2013
Nature packages (basic package, valuable grassland);
Water packages (buffer zones, water-pools, extensive ponds)
Arable land packages (integrated production, biological production, anti-erosion package, mosaic of arable land)
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