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Improvement of Agricultural Productive Process
through an Environmentally Sustainable Approach
(IAPP ESA)
Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia General
Directorate of Agriculture Unit for the
implementation of the EU legislation
The CAP reform and the rural development
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Principles behind the rural development
Multifunctionality of agriculture (above the
production of foodstuffs, i.e. services provided
by farmers)
Multisectorial and integrated approach (new
sources of income for farmers,protect rural
heritage)
Flexible aids for rural development (based on
subsidiarity and promoting decentralization)
Transparency (simplified and more accessible
legislation)
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Main traits of the reform method

• The method used is aimed at
• Promoving integration between different types of
  intervention
• Ensure a balanced development in all the EU
  rural areas

Main traits of the reform strategies

• The rural development is aimed at achieving
• Strengthening the agricultural and forestry
  sector
• Improve the competitiveness of the rural areas
• Preserving the environment and the heritage

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Support for rural development may concern

• improvement of structures in
• - agricultural holdings
• - structures for processing and marketing of
• agricultural products
• conversion and reorientation of agricultural
  production
• the introduction of new technologies
• the encouragement of non-food production
• sustainable forest development
• the diversification of activities
• the maintenance of a viable rural community
• the improvement of working living conditions
• the promotion of low-input farming system
• the preservation of a high nature value
• the promotion of sustainable agriculture
  respecting the
• environment
• the removal of enequalities and the promotion of
  equal
• opportunities

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Basic legislation references
- Regulation (EC) 1257/1999 - Regulation (EC)
1260/1999 - Regulation (EC) 1750/1999
Implementation instruments
The implementation of the rural development can
be defined at regional level the planning tool
is represented by the Rural Development Plan
(RDP) RDP have been drawn up at the geographical
level deemed to be the most appropriate e.g. the
Region Friuli VG has submitted its own RDP to the
approval of the European Commission
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Compatibility and consistency
Measures for rural development shall be
consistent with other Community policies and
measures Consistency shall also be ensured with
measures implemented under CAP, particularly
common market organisations and agricultural
quality and health, as well as between different
rural development measures The RDPs submitted by
Member States shall include an appraisal of the
compatibility and the consistency of the support
measures envisaged, and, an indication of the
measures taken to ensire compatibility and
consistency
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Monitoring and evaluation

• The Commission and the Member States ensure
  effective monitoring of implementation of rural
  devolepment programming
• Monitoring has to be carried out by way of
  jointly agreed procedures
• Monitoring has to be carried out by reference
  to specific physical and financial indicators
  agreed and established beforehand.
• Member States have to submit annual progress
  reports to the Commission

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Rural development measures

• Investments in agricultural holdings
• Human resources young farmers, early retirement,
  training
• Less favoured areas, areas subject to environment
  constraints
• Forests
• Processing and marketing of agricultural products
• Agri-environmental measures
• Other measures for rural development

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Rural development measures 1. Investments in
agricultural holdings

• The support is aimed at modernising farming
  machinery, equipment and
• systems to improve income as well as living and
  working conditions of
• farmers.
• Such investments must meet one or more of the
  following objectives
• reduction of the production costs
• improvement of the quality of productions
• preserve the environment
• meet hygiene and animal welfare requirements
• diversification of agricultural production
• Support for investments are granted to
  agricultural holdings
• if their economic viability is demonstrated
• if the minimum standards regarding the
  environment, hygiene and animal welfare are
  achieved
• if farmer posseses adequate occupational skill
  and competence

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Rural development measures 2. Human resources
young farmers, early retirement, training

• Setting up of young farmers
• Support are aimed at promoting the entry of young
  farmers
• Support are given on condition that the farmer
  is under 40 years of age the
• farmer is setting up for the first time as a
  producer
• Early retirement
• A support is aknowledged to the elderly farmers
  (not less than 55 years old)
• who decide to stop farming a support is
  aknowledged to the farm worker
• (not less than 55 years old)
• Training
• Aimed at improving the occupational skill and
  competence of both farmers
• and forest holders

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Rural development measures 3. Less favoured
areas, areas subject to environment constraints -
A -

• Compensation for naturally less-favoured areas
• LFA compensation for naturally less favoured
  areas
• - mountains areas (limitation of land use and
  significant increase of
• costs)
• - areas threatened with abandonment (need of
  land maintenance)
• - areas affected by specific handicaps (ensure
  the environment
• conservation and land management)
• Compensation for areas subject to environmental
  constraints
• LFA areas subjedct to environmental constraints
• - because of implementation of Community
  measures on environmental
• protection

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Rural development measures 3. Less favoured
areas, areas subject to environment constraints -
B -

• Compensatory allowances
• Compensatory allowances are granted to the
  farmers who
• farm a minimum area of land in the LFA
• undertake to pursue their farminga activity in
  the LFA for at least 5 years
• apply usual good farming practices consisten with
  the the concepts of environment conservation and
  countryside maintenance
• Compensatory allowances are granted on the
  basis of the hectares of land
• used in the Less Favoured Areas

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Rural development measures 4. Forests - A -

• Supports for forestry are aimed at contributing
  to the maintenance and
• development of the economic, ecological and
  social functions of forests in
• rural areas
• Support for forestry shall concern one or more of
  the following measures
• investments in forests to improve their economic,
  ecological or social
• values
• investments designed to improve and rationalise
  the production, processing and marketing of
  forestry products
• investmemt for use of wood as raw material
• promotion of foresters association aimed at
  improving forestry management
• restoring the potential of forestry production
  following damage by natural disasters and fire,
  introducing preventative measures
• - maintenanse and improvement of ecological
  stability of forests in areas of public interest,
  and maintenance of fire breaks

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Rural development measures 4. Forests - B -

• Support may be granted for the afforestation of
  agricultural land, provided
• that the plantation is adapted to local
  conditions and compatible with
• environment
• This latter support covers
• costs of plantation
• an annual payment per hectare planted accounting
  for costs of management (period not longer than 5
  yrs.)
• an annual payment per hectare, meant at
  compensating the economical losses (period not
  longer than 25 yrs.)

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Rural development measures 5. Processing and
marketing of agricultural products - A -

• Supports for investments are aimed to facilitate
  the improvement and the
• rationalisation of processing and marketing of
  agricultural products
• One or more of the following objectives are
  considered
• orientation of production towards the foresseable
  market trends
• rationalisation of marketing channels or
  processing procedures
• improvement of products presentation,
  preparation, the improvement of the management of
  by-products processes or waste
• application of new technologies
• innovative investments
• quality monitoring
• monitoring of health conditions
• environment protection

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Rural development measures 5. Processing and
marketing of agricultural products - B -

• Supports can be granted for the investments of
  the enterprises if th
• following basic requirements are met
• where economic viability is demonstrated
• where minimum standards concerning the
  environment, hygiene and animal welfare are
  achieved
• Investments must contribute to improve the
  situation of the basic agricultural
• sector which is concerned
• Normal market outlets for the products concerned
  existence

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Rural development measures 6.
Agri-environmental measures - A -
Supports for agricultural production methods
aimed at protecting the environment and the
countryside are granted with the objective of
fullfilling the EU policy targets regarding the
agriculture and the environment Supports are
granted to farmers who give agri-environmental
commitments for at least five years (longer
period can be considered for some
particular commitments) Agri-environmental
committments are additional and shall involve
more than the application of usual good farming
practises Agri-environmental committments
provide services that are not provided by the CAP
market support or compensatory allowances
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Rural development measures 6.
Agri-environmental measures - B -

• Supports will be given for the following actions
• the use of agricultural land wchich are
  compatible with the protection and the
  improvement of environment, the landscape and its
  features, natural resources, the soil and genetic
  diversity
• environmentally-favourable extensification of
  farming and management of low-intensity pasture
  systems
• the protection and conservation of high
  nature-value environments which are under threat
• the protection of the landscape and of the
  historical features of the agricultural land
• the promotion of the environmental planning
  method in farming practice

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Rural development measures 6.
Agri-environmental measures - C -

• Supports for agri-environmental committments are
  granted on annual basis
• and take into account
• income foregone
• additional cost arising from the committment
  given
• the need to provide an incentive
• The supports are based on that area of the
  holding where the agri
• environmental committments are applied

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Rural development measures 7. Other rural
development measures

• Other measures which can receive a support a
  grant under the rural
• development principles are
• land improvement
• reparcelling
• setting-up of farm relief or farm management
  services
• marketing of quality agricultural products
• basic services to rural population
• benovation of villages and protection of rural
  heritage
• diversification of agricultural activities and
  activities close to agriculture providing
  alternative incomes to farmers
• encouragement for tourist and craft activities
• protection of the environment in connection with
  agriculture, forestry, landscape conservation, as
  well as the improvement of animal welfare
• restoring agricultural production threatened by
  natural disaster
• financial engineering