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)