1 / 7

Engaging Farmers in Lithuania's Agri-Environmental Programmes

This presentation discusses the implementation of agri-environmental programmes in Lithuania from 2004 to 2013. It highlights challenges such as farmer participation limitations due to a lack of information, bureaucratic burdens, and insufficient support. The paper explores various schemes, including organic farming and landscape stewardship, aimed at conserving natural resources. Proposed next steps include intensifying training for consultants, simplifying application procedures, and increasing the number of schemes, while actively engaging farmers and NGOs for effective participation.

garth
Télécharger la présentation

Engaging Farmers in Lithuania's Agri-Environmental Programmes

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES IN LITHUANIA: HOW TO ENGAGE FARMER?Gediminas AlmantasMinistry of Agriculture of Lithuania Conference ,,Nature coservation and the EU policy for sustainable land management in the new EU Member States’’June 16-20, Bonn/Germany

  2. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES IN LITHUANIA AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES IN 2004-2006: Management of shore belts of water bodies Landscape stewardship management of natural and semi-natural meadows managements of wetlands Organic farming Endangered breeds

  3. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES IN LITHUANIA

  4. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES IN LITHUANIA • Reasons of weak participation of farmers: • lack of information and knowledge • little choice of schemes • problems with land lease • bureaucratic burden • insufficient support level • strict requirements

  5. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES IN LITHUANIA • AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES FOR 2007-2013: • Management of shore belts of water bodies • Organic farming • Endangered breeds • Landscape stewardship • management of natural and semi-natural meadows • managements of wetlands • stubbly fields in winter season • strips of melliferous plants in the arable land • management of the holding landscape elements Scheme for improwing the status of water bodies at risk

  6. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES IN LITHUANIA • Next steps • To intensify training the consultants. To prepare the training programmes. • To reduce number of documents. • To simplify procedures of submission of applications. • To increase number of schemes. • To involve NGOs • To work with farmers individually.

  7. Thanks for your attention

More Related