Title: Opportunities%20for%20financing%20measures%20for%20sustainable%20management%20of%20the%20pastures%20and%20meadows%20in%20Bulgaria%20%20%20Sofia,%20June%202006%20?.
1Opportunities for financing measures for
sustainable management of the pastures and
meadows in Bulgaria Sofia, June 2006 ?.
2Structure of the presentation
- Basic principles and objectives of CAP
- Cross compliance basic elements
- GAEC
- Less favoured areas
- Agri-environment payments
- Natura 2000
3Basic objectives of CAP
- To ensure stability of supplies of affordable and
safe foods - To ensure a fair standard of living of
agricultural producers - To protect the environment for the future
generations - To preserve agricultural activity in all regions
- To care about the welfare of the people in rural
areas (not only of those who are involved in
agricultural activity).
4Basic objectives of CAP
First pillar Measures for market assistance and
income supporting (direct payments and market
assistance) EAFRD
Second pillar Rural development EAFRD
5Basic principles of CAP Medium-term changes
- Introducing payments separated from the quantity
of the produce of 2005 - Cross-compliance subsidies are related to
requirements for environment protection, humane
attitude to animals and food safety Obligatory
management requirements and GAEC - Modulation decreasing of payments to large
agricultural producers (funds from pillar 1 to
pillar 2) - Financial discipline not to exceed the budget
up to 2013 - Revision of the CAP market policy for milk,
cereals, rice, nuts, etc.
6What is cross-compliance?
- Instrument for pillar 1 of CAP
- Binding direct payments with requirements for
compliance with standards - Objective to implement and observe the European
legislation and the compulsory standards related
to - Environment protection
- Natural resources and biodiversity
- Animal welfare and health care
- Requirements for maintaining lands in good
agricultural and environmental condition.
7Basic elements of cross compliance
- Obligatory management requirements require
compliance with definite paragraphs of 19 EU
directives, 16 of which are obligatory as from
beginning 2006 3 as from beginning 2007 - Conditions for maintaining lands in good
agricultural and environmental condition
determined on national level
8Minimum requirements for maintaining land in good
agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC)
- All agricultural producers receiving direct
payments in EU Member States and applying the
Single Agricultural Payment Scheme per hectare
(SAPS) must observe a set of minimum management
standards called good agricultural and
environmental conditions (GAEC) - Framework for development of GAEC standards is
set out in Annex ?V of Regulation 1782/2003
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Soil erosion to protect the soils by adequate measures minimum soil cover minimum management requirements reflecting the specific conditions of respective areas terrace preservation
Organic matter in soils to preserve the organic matter level in the soils by adequate measures Standards for crop-rotation, where appropriate Mechanical
Soil structure To maintain soil structure by definite measures Use of adequate technology and equipment
Minimum processing level to ensure minimum level of processing to avoid loss of habitats Maintenance of minimum animal units density or pasture density Protection of permanent pastures Protection of landscape characteristics Avoidance the occurrence of undesirable vegetation on agricultural land
10Issue Standard
Organic matter in soils Stubble-field burning prohibited
Minimum processing level Agricultural lands must be used for growing agricultural crops or let lie fallow. Lie fallow lands must be periodically cultivated to eliminate undesirable vegetation. Agricultural lands and permanent lawns must be cleared from undesirable shrub vegetation.
11Financing of pastures and meadows pillar 1
- Registration in IACS
- To have the required minimum area
- To observe the maintenance conditions in
accordance with GAEK - To also observe the Obligatory management
requirements after 2012.
12Implementation of CAP in Bulgariapillar 2
- Rural Development Programme
- 2007 2013 ?.
- Aid to rural areas development will be provided
by RDP 2007-2013 measures, which are thematically
grouped in the following priority axes - Axis 1 - Improvement of the competitive power of
the agriculture and forestry sector - Axis 2 - Preservation of the natural resources
and environment in rural areas - Axis 3 - Standard of living in rural areas and
diversification of rural economy - Axis 4 - Leader.
13MEASURES, WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE OFFICIAL APPROVAL OF RDP 2007-2013 BY
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONPillar 2
AXIS 2 PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND
RURAL NATURE (Sustained management of lands and
forests) 211 - Payments for natural limitations
of farmers in mountain regions 212 - Payments for
natural limitations of farmers in regions other
than mountainous 214 Agri-environmental
payments 223 - Initial afforestation of
non-arable land 226 - Restoration of the
forestry potential and implementation of
preventive measures
14Proposal for a budget on the priority axesof
Regulation 1698/2005 (million EUR)
Priority axis of the total budget of the budget on the three axes EU funds National Total (?U national)
Axis 1 40 42 985.45 246.36 1,231.81
Axis 2 26 27 640.54 140.61 781.15
Axis 3 30 31 739.09 184.77 923.86
Axis 4 2.5 61.59 15.40 76.99
Technical assistance 4 98.55 24.64 123.18
M???? National payments in addition to direct payments M???? National payments in addition to direct payments 145.47 36.37 181.84
Total budget without additional payments but
with technical aid Funds according to Axis 4
(Leader) included in the budgets according to
axes 1, 2 and 3
15Financing of pastures and meadows pillar 2
(RDP) Measure Payments for unfavoured regions
- Registration in IACS
- To fall within the scope of mountainous or other
unfavoured regions - To meet the requirement for minimum area
- (minimum 0.5 ha for mountainous and min. 1 ha for
other for 5 years) - Where the agricultural lands represent common
land or pastures, to breed grazing animals in
accordance with the requirements for density of
bred animals - Observance of GAEC
16SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTMeasure Payments to
farmers in mountainous unfavoured regions
- Mountainous regions definition criteria
-
- Land of minimum altitude of 700 m.
- Lands of average terrain declivity min. 11.3
(20) - Lands of average altitude between 500 and 700 m
in combination with average terrain declivity
min. 8.53 (15) - Lands or groups of lands neighbouring mountainous
lands where minimum 75 of the land limit borders
mountainous lands shall be homogenised. - Compensatory payments
- Farms of 1 to 50 ha EUR 100/ha
- 50 to 100 ha EUR 40/ha
- over 100 ha EUR 0
17 SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTMeasure Payments to
farmers in regions with natural defects other
than mountainous regions
- Other unfavoured regions
- - Low productivity agricultural lands on the
territory with average weighted category index of
6 to 10. - - Regions with specific limitations are lands
bordering the outer border of the European Union.
- Compensatory payments
- Farms of 1 to 100 ha EUR 50/ha
- 100-200 ha EUR 20/ha
- over 200 ha EUR 0
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19SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT Measures Payments
according to Natura 2000Scope
- Protected zones for birds cover 11.3 of the
territory of Bulgaria. - Protected zones according to the natural habitats
directive cover 13.4 of the territory of
Bulgaria.
20Measures Payments according to Natura
2000Objectives
- Measures NATURA 2000 shall compensate farmers for
missed income and expenses incurred relating to
the execution of due legal limitations in
accordance with the land-use regime of their
lands (Law on Biological Diversity), which are
part of the European environmental network. This
is aimed at attaining maintenance or recovery of
species and natural habitats referred to in
Annexes 1 and 2 of the Law on Biological
Diversity.
21Measures Payments according to Natura 2000
Beneficiaries
- Agricultural producers (natural persons or legal
entities), registered in the Integrated
Administration and Control System (IACS) who own,
rent or lease for a minimum of 5 years lands or
forests included in NATURA 2000 - Agricultural and forest farmers who maintain
natural habitats and species and have submitted
applications to the Settlement Agency for payment
of compensations
22Measures Payments according to Natura 2000
Requirements to beneficiaries
- To observe the conditions for maintaining lands
in good agricultural and environmental condition
(GAEC) - To observe the limitations for land-use as laid
down in orders for declaring and/or plans for
management of protected zones
23Measures Payments according to Natura 2000 for
agricultural lands Model activities and
limitations for which compensations will be paid
- Elimination of undesirable vegetation (invasive
species juniper in mountain pastures/meadows
shrubs in lowland regions) after end July, i.?.
maintenance of meadows and pastures in good
agricultural and environmental condition - Recovery of deserted meadows and pastures (by
moderate grazing or mowing) - Ban on the use of fertilizers (and pesticides) or
resowing - Moderate grazing later in the season (after mid
August) in humid areas - Stepwise mowing of humid meadows / leaving unmown
sections or strips - Mowing from centre to periphery at slow speed
- Preservation of traditional orchards (with
natural cover amongst trees, preservation of
traditional fruit-tree varieties, preservation of
old and low productivity trees) lesser grey
shrike, grey woodpecker, etc.
24 Measures Payments according to Natura 2000 for
agricultural lands Model activities and
limitations for which compensations will be paid
- Manual elimination of weeds and use of manure
from biological farms - Placing ??????? ?? ????? for European rollers
(Coracias garrulus) - Leaving small (4?4 m) uncultivated pieces of land
with natural vegetation amidst winter crops (2 to
5 m2 per hectare) valid for intensive
agriculture areas where hibernating geese feed - Preservation of stubble-fields for the winter in
spring crop fields - Leaving permanent (min. 2 m wide) uncultivated
strips on the edges of arable lands (not to be
ploughed, treated with chemicals, mown after the
season, not to be used for moving agricultural
equipment and machines) - Limitation of human access to areas of birds of
prey nesting (200-300 m) during the nesting
period (March-July)
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26Minimum areas to participate in this measure
- The minimum area required to participate in this
measure is 0.5 ha. The following exceptions from
this requirement are allowed - For sub-measure Traditional orchard culture
breeding 0.3 ha - For activity Biological plant-growing ??
??????????? mushrooms cultures grown under
glass sowing and sapling material 0.1 ha - For activity Biological bee-keeping and measure
Traditional stock-breeding (Preservation of
extinction-threatened local breeds and
mountainous stock-breeding) no minimum size of
land required.
27Geographic coverage of the activitiesaccording
to the agri-environmental measure
- Biological agriculture on the territory of the
whole country - Management of agricultural lands of high natural
value (HNV) in areas defined as HNV regions - Traditional growing of orchard cultures on the
territory of the whole country where there are
old (over 25 years) orchards - Protection of local breeds threatened by
extinction on the territory of the whole
country - Traditional practices of seasonal pasture of
animals (Pastoralism) on the territory of the
national parks Pirin and Central Balkan
Mountains - Decrease of the nitrate contamination with
priority in nitrate-vulnerable areas - Control on soil erosion with priority in
erosion threatened areas - Agri-environmental activities in places of Natura
2000 in places falling within the ecological
network of Natura 2000
28Amounts of compensatory paymentsfor separate
activities
- Biological agriculture
- Field cultures incl. fodder cultures EUR 155/ha
- Meadows and pastures EUR 101/h?
- Perennial plants, vineyards and oil-yielding
rose EUR 418/ha - Aromatic and medicinal plants EUR 267/h?
- Vegetables cultures incl. cultivated mushrooms
and potatoes EUR 357/h? - Sowing and planting material 20 of he
calculated compensatory payments for each group
of cultures - Bee-keeping EUR 15/bee family
29Sub-measure 2 Management of lands of
highnatural value (HNV)
- Activities
- HNV 1 Restoration and maintenance of
undergrazed grasslands of high natural value
EUR 131/h? - HNV 2 Restoration and maintenance of overgrazed
areas of high natural value EUR 155/h? - Geographic coverage
- All semi-natural grasslands of high natural value
and dependent on ongoing agricultural activity
30HNV 1 Restoration and maintenance of
undergrazed grasslands of high natural value
- Requirements to management
- To eliminate undesirable vegetation.
- Not to use mineral fertilizers and pesticides
except those listed in Regulation2029/91 of the
Council on biological production. - Not to build new drainage systems.
- Not to allow breaking of grasslands.
- To conduct free pasture on meadows after last
hay-making except for forest meadows. - To maintain minimum and maximum density of
animals 0.5-1.5 animal units per h?. - To observe certain dates for pasture the dates
for flat and hilly areas will depend on climatic
conditions pasture in mountainous areas is
usually between 30 May and 30 September/15
October. - To use traditional hay-making methods maximum
two hay-makings per year in flat and hilly areas
and one hay-making per year for mountainous
areas. Hay-making to be carried out after 15 June
in flat and hilly areas and during the period 30
June 15 July in mountainous areas.
31HNV 2 Restoration and maintenance of
overgrazedgrasslands of high natural value
- Requirements to management
- To resow with local mixtures preferably with
mixtures of local origin. - Limitation on the use of manure up to 50 kg
N/ha. - Not to use mineral fertilizers and pesticides
except those listed in Regulation 2092/92 of the
Council. - Not to build new drainage systems, no breaking or
processing of land. - To conduct free pasture on meadows after last
hay-making except for forest meadows. - To maintain minimum and maximum density of
animals 0.5-1.5 animal units per h?. - To observe certain dates for pasture the dates
for flat and hilly areas will depend on climatic
conditions pasture in mountainous areas is
usually between 30 May and 30 September/15
October. - To use traditional hay-making methods.
32Amounts of compensatory payments for separate
activities and requirements to management
- Decrease of nitrate contamination in the course
of calculation - Control on soil erosion
- Zonal crop-rotation EUR 32/h?
- Creation of buffer strips EUR 28/h?
- Construction of drainage furrows EUR 26/ha
- Antierosion measures between lines of vines and
plantations EUR 103/h? - Transformation of arable lands into pastures
EUR 207/h? - Performance of amelioration measures in pastures
EUR 103/h? - Creation of ploughing terraces EUR 205/h?
33Amounts of compensation paymentsfor separate
activities
- Traditional growing of orchard cultures - EUR
131/??. - In case of planting young saplings from sorts and
species existing in the orchard additional
payment of EUR 15 per sapling - Protection of local breeds threatened by
extinction - Cattle EUR 200/capita
- Sheep and goat EUR 25/capita
- Pigs EUR 61/capita
- Horses EUR 200/capita
34Sub-measure Traditional stock-breeding ? 1
Protection of threatened local breeds
- Requirements to management
- Support shall only be given for animals with
Certificates of breed appurtenance or Tribe/Race
Certificates issued by an approved breeding
association. - Observance of the breeding programme for the
respective supported breed - Keeping a log for the sales and purchases of
supported animals in the farm - Notification and receipt of a written permission
from the respective breeding association prior to
slaughtering or sale of any animal supported by
payments according to this sub-measure - Free-pasture breeding of pigs outside the places
regulated for this purpose shall be prohibited
35Endangered local breeds Indicative list
(currently to be supplemented)
-
- Bulgarian (grey) cattle
- Rhodope (Rhodope short-horn) cattle
- Karakachan sheep
- Copper-headed Shoumen sheep
- Dabene sheep
- Replyanska sheep
- Kalofer longhair goat
- Karakachan horse
- East-Balkan pig
36Sub-measure 5 Traditional stock-breeding ? 2
Traditional practices for seasonal pasture of
animals (PASTORALISM) (?2)
- This sub-measure shall only be applied for pilot
regions suitable for development of pasturalism
where - there are large territories of deserted mountain
pastures - there are bears and wolves attacking the animals
- there is an opportunity to sign pasture
contracts between agricultural producers/shepherds
and pasture owners, i.e. the national parks
National parks Pirin and Central Balkan have been
proposed as pilot regions. Agricultural
producers must have permits for pasture in the
high mountain pastures of the national parks.
EUR 150/capita of cattle and horses EUR
20/capita of sheep and goat
37For contacts
-
- MAF, Department Agroecology and Biological
Agriculture, - Directorate Development of Rural Areas Tel.
(02) 98511 652, 98511 403, 98511 408 - Fax (02) 980 38 54