Dr hab.inż. Józef Kania

Agri-environmental programme and good farming practices as opportunities of the best farming system and protection of river-valleys

In this paper author presents scopes and rules of agri-environmental programme in Poland including all packages and their options connected with a different implementation area, payments calculation and the first results in Poland and especially in Malopolska province. The following packages have been described in details: sustainable farming (codes: S01), organic farming (S02), maintenance of extension meadows (P01), maintenance of extensive pastures (P02), water and soil protection (K01), buffer zones (K02) and protection of local breeds of farm animals (G01). Each package covers a set of several strictly defined requirements, going beyond the Usual Good Farming Practices, which also have been presented in the paper, and does not overlap with other CAP support measures. ...