scholarly journals Organic Farming Support Policy in a Sustainable Development Context: A Polish Case Study

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 4208
Author(s):  
Władysława Łuczka ◽  
Sławomir Kalinowski ◽  
Nadiia Shmygol
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Private Goods ◽  
Rural Development Programme ◽  
Environmental Public Goods ◽  
Development Context ◽  
Support Policy

This paper assesses the extent, scope and importance of financial support for Polish organic farming from 2004 to 2019. The analysis focuses particularly on how the changes in the amount and structure of organic farming payments affected farmers’ interest in specific organic crops during three financing periods: the 2004–2006 Rural Development Plan, the 2007–2013 Rural Development Programme (RDP) and the 2014–2020 Rural Development Programme. This paper aims to answer the question of whether and to what extent the organic farming support policy impacted the development trends followed by, and transformation processes affecting, this sector. It follows from this analysis that in the first decade after joining the European Union, Poland implemented a policy of making payments easily available. It was primarily focused on the quantitative growth of organic farming rather than on stimulating supply. As the payments were easily accessible and decoupled from production, subsidy-oriented farmers were additionally encouraged to seek political rent. This resulted in the instability of a large group of farms who discontinued their organic farming activity in 2014. That year, the policy was amended because of the need to improve the allocation efficiency of subsidies and to couple them with the provision not only of environmental public goods but also of private goods in the form of organic farming products. The current support policy opens up greater opportunities for leveraging the potential of organic farming while reaping environmental and socioeconomic benefits and contributing more than ever to sustainable development.

scholarly journals Reflections on the use of subsidies received from the Agriculture and Rural Development Operational Programme and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in the micro-region Ibrány-Nagyhalász

2012 ◽  
pp. 211-216
Author(s):  
Csilla Nagy
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Third ◽  
Rural Development Programme ◽  
The Future

Hungary’s accession to the European Union caused major changes in the country’s life. Rural development subsidies can be received through extensive application mechanisms. This is particularly challenging for lagging micro-regions. My study presents the lagging microregion of Ibrány-Nagyhalász, focusing on what types of organizations and upon what grounds received subsidies in the framework of the Agriculture and Rural Development Operational Programme 2004–2006 (AVOP). I focus on the same parameters when examining the measures in the third axis of the New Hungary Rural Development Programme 2007–2013 (ÚMVP), followed by a comparison between the two programmes’ effectiveness. I conclude that due to the experience collected throughout the period of AVOP, both the number and the quality of applications have risen from the year 2007. Still, due to the lack of competence, cooperation and motivation, the region's planned improvements are not yet fully met and the capabilities of the region are not yet fully exploited. For the future, even more complex and more feasible projects are needed.

scholarly journals Zasady wykorzystania środków z Programu Rozwoju Obszarów Wiejskich na lata 2014-2020 do termomodernizacji gospodarstw rolnych

2018 ◽  
Vol 18(33) (1) ◽  
pp. 58-65
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Huterska ◽  
Justyna Łapińska ◽  
Ewa Zdunek-Rosa
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Rural Development Programme ◽  
Implementation Rate ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Eu

The aim of the article is to present the possible support of agricultural farms in investments enabling their thermo-modernisation within the Rural Development Programme (PROW) for the years 2014-2020. The analysis of the available literature on the subject and legal acts, both ones of the European Union and national ones regulating the discussed issue, was chosen as a research method. A comparison was also made between the number and value of contracted operations and the value of payments made within PROW 2007-2013 and PROW 2014-2020. The analysis of the aforementioned legal acts allowed indicating the abilities to support the fulfilment of thermo-modernisation undertakings in agricultural farms from the EU funds, and the analysis of empirical data enabled an evaluation of both programmes in terms of the implementation rate of the activity when compared with all the activities available within PROW.

scholarly journals Constitutional Principle of Environmental Protection as a Directive in the Process of Establishing the Rural Development Programme

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Przemysław Litwiniuk
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Rural Development Programme ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
Political Principle ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Council Regulation

<p>The environment is a value and subject of constitutional protection in Poland. Ensuring environmental protection is considered as a political principle in the national doctrine, and due to the editorial location of its source in Article 5 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, it is considered as one of the objectives of Polish statehood. In several places, the Basic Law refers to the issue of the environment, considering it an important value and entrusting its care not only to public authorities, but also to anyone who is subject to Polish state authority. Examining whether contemporary instruments of agricultural law, in particular those developed with the participation of Polish state authorities in the application of the mechanisms of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, take into account constitutional directives derived from the principle of environmental protection and whether the effects of these activities are verified in the light of the constitutional model is an interesting academic question. The subject of detailed analysis in this study is the rural development programme (RDP) referred to in Article 6 of the Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1698/2005. The author demonstrates that the constitutional principle of environmental protection was respected by Polish public authorities in the process of creating an important and high-budget instrument for conducting development policy, which is the RDP for the years 2014–2020.</p>

scholarly journals Programy rolnośrodowiskowe jako forma wspierania ochrony środowiska na terenach wiejskich

2014 ◽  
pp. 69-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Pajewski
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Environmental Action ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Rural Development Programme ◽  
The Common ◽  
Environmental Measures

With the entry into the European Union in 2004, Poland is obliged to observe the rules of the Common Agricultural Policy. One of the important areas of this policy is to preserve natural values of the countryside by supporting sustainable agriculture. Thanks to the financial support under the Rural Development Plan (2004–2007) and the Rural Development Programme (2007–2013), Polish farmers received the opportunity to use pro-environmental management methods. This study is devoted to characterizing the main tool to support environmental protection in rural areas of the RDP (2007–2013), namely agri-environmental program. Based on the survey, it was revealed that Poland was one of the countries that received the largest amount of funds for agri-environmental measures. It was also found out that the compensation due to changes in the intensity of production were the main impetus for pro-environmental action.

scholarly journals Rolnictwo ekologiczne w Polsce i perspektywy jego rozwoju w kontekście PROW 2014–2020

2017 ◽  
pp. 115-126
Author(s):  
Marzena Trajer ◽  
Krystyna Krzyżanowska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Organic Farms ◽  
Rural Development Programme

The aim of the study was determination of the position of Polish organic farming comparing to organic farming in European Union, defining the regional locations of organic farming producers in Poland and identification of the financial support under the Rural Development Programme for 2014–2020. In the article the secondary data and the method of comparative analysis were used. Concerning the number of ecological farms, Poland had the sixth position in the European Union in 2015. The analysis shows that the largest number of applications for co-financing of organic production within framework for action „Organic farming” were implemented in the voivodeships with the largest number of organic farms in Poland: Zachodniopomorskie voivodeship, Warmińsko-mazurskie voivodeship and Podlaskie voivodeship.

scholarly journals Accessing the European funds for agriculture and rural development in Romania for the 2014-2020 period

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 717-727
Author(s):  
Mihai Dinu ◽  
Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu ◽  
Bogdan Chiripuci ◽  
Marius Constantin
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Rural Development Programme

AbstractThis paper aims at identifying the extent to which Romania has accessed European funds for agriculture and rural development in the 2014-2020 period. During this financing period, Romania has received more than 8.12 billion euros from the European Union budget, more precisely from the Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFDR), through the National Rural Development Programme (NRDP). Five percent of the available amount was allocated to the Leader approach at local level and at least 30% was allotted for environmental protection measures. This paper will analyze the number of projects which were submitted, selected and contracted and the payments made until 2019. Subsequently, an analysis will be carried out of the NRDP sub-measures in order to prove the usefulness and necessity of this type of structural programme. The rate of absorbtion of European funds will be closely correlated with indicators such as the evolution of the GDP / inhabitant, the population and the number of enterprises in rural areas, the employed population and the number of enterprises in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, the development of villages through the construction or modernization of roads, sewage infrastructure, water and gas. To conclude, the positive and negative aspects regarding the implementation of European funds will be listed, especially in the fields of agriculture and rural development in Romania.

scholarly journals Praktyczne aspekty wsparcia inwestycji zapobiegających zniszczeniu potencjału produkcji rolnej w ramach programu rozwoju obszarów wiejskich 2014–2020

Radca Prawny ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 181-199
Author(s):  
Marcin Kazimierczuk
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
African Swine Fever Virus ◽  
African Swine Fever ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Agricultural Activity ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Rural Development Programme ◽  
Adverse Weather

Practical aspects of supporting investments preventing the destruction of agricultural production potential under the Rural Development Programme for 2014–2020 The article focuses on the analysis of normative solutions contained in the Rural Development Programme for 2014–2020 regarding the aid instrument titled, “Support for investment in preventive measures, which aims to reduce the effects of probable natural disasters, adverse climatic events and disasters”. The purpose of the article is to try to answer the question of whether and to what extent the form of support mentioned above ensures the durability of farming for an agricultural producer. The analyzed RDP 2014–2020 action is implemented as a part of two operations, i.e. limiting the possibilities of the spread of African swine fever virus (ASFV) and protecting agricultural production against the effects of adverse weather phenomena. Creating favorable financial conditions in these cases and introducing clear legal regulations contributes to the increase of farmers’ interest in adopting specific attitudes towards active risk management of agricultural activity and thus further contributes to increasing their resilience to emerging crisis situations. This tool significantly affects the protection of the workshop of agricultural producers. Based on the analysis of the research material, final conclusions are presented, indicating possible recommendations that should be implemented when designing the framework for the future financial perspective of the European Union for 2021–2027.

scholarly journals RURAL TOURISM IN APULIA REGION, ITALY: RESULTS OF 2007-2013 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND 2020 PERSPECTIVES

AGROFOR ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Schiavone ◽  
Hamid El Bilali ◽  
Siniša Berjan ◽  
Aleksandr Zheliaskov
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Financial Instruments ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Apulia Region ◽  
Rural Development Programme ◽  
Action Groups

Apulia Region has many resources for rural tourism development. The reviewpaper analyses opportunities of Apulia region (south-eastern Italy) in rural tourism.The paper describes financial instruments of the European Union (EU), mainly theEuropean Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), allowing ruraloperators to develop innovative and unique rural tourism offer. An important shareof the EAFRD is dedicated to diversification including rural tourism. The papersheds also light on opportunities offered by 2007-2013 Rural DevelopmentProgramme (RDP) of Apulia region and the role of Local Action Groups (LAG).The manuscript illustrates as well tourism statistics evolution in the period 2007-2013. The paper ends with perspectives offered by the new RDP 2014-2020, thatwas just approved; it specifically focus on new financing measures for strategies todevelop incoming rural tourism in Apulia region and cooperation networks amongLAGs.

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