E-submission of new measures within the single application Sándor Matuska Agricultural and Rural Development Agency, Hungary

Table of content I.E-submission in Hungary II.E-submission of new measures III.Summary of the experiences

Claim submission via internet I. E-submission in Hungary Farmers or Proxies Client's Gate - Authentication Filling in process and submission via internet Feed back about the submitted claim

History of e-submission in Hungary 2007: Voluntary e-filling in of applications over 200 ha - ~ claims 2008: Voluntary e-submission for all farmers - ~ claims : Obligatory e-submission for all farmers based on national regulation I. E-submission in Hungary

Helping farmers with e- submission Most of the farmers do not use computers in every day life Farm Advisors give technical help Out of the total ~ claims: –~ were submitted by farm advisors - technical help –~ were submitted by proxies –~ were submitted on the farmers own On the 20 th of April 2015: claims were submitted and were in the process of filling in I. E-submission in Hungary

Advantages of e-submission No formal problems in the claims –No data in wrong format –No missing data – completeness Online checking – software shows the problematic points Online help –Preliminary calculations – e.g. diversification –Offers relevant options based on the use of land –Geographical features – area measurement, layers switching –Warnings – missing attachments, different parcel size Built-in custom service for the questions arisen I. E-submission in Hungary

Online checking – software shows the problematic points Warning about missing data; red background to draw attention. List of the points when farmers should do something.

Geographical features – area measurement Above a tolerance level the software shows the difference (with red background) between the claimed area (alphanumerical area) and the area of drawn parcels (area of polygon)

Calculation of EFA and Diversification Total Ecological Focus Areas Total Areas of different types of cultivation from the point of view of Diversification

New Measures I. Small Farmers Scheme Farmers can choose it till 15 th of August Expected: ~ claims Questions arisen: –The relation to other schemes (Agri Environmental Scheme) –How can one quit the scheme II. E-submission of new measures

Small Farmer Scheme II. E-submission of new measures Farmers have to choose to join the scheme or not

New Measures II. Greening Maintenance of Permanent Pastures Diversification Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) II. E-submission of new measures

New Measures III. Maintenance of permanent pastures Permanent pasture layer on screen (just preliminary) Questions: Definition of permanent pastures II. E-submission of new measures

New Measures IV. Diversification Online calculator to help farmers to fulfill requirements Questions arisen: –Which plants belong to the different categories? I. E-submission of new measures

New Measures V. Examples for Ecological Focus Areas Wooded strips Ditches Trees in line Field copses Land lying fallow Afforested areas Isolated tree Parcels with nitrogen fixing plants Questions arisen: Can special cases of forests, bushy areas, pea parcels, joint cultivation be regarded as EFA or not? I. E-submission of new measures

Wooded strip next to the drawn parcel I. E-submission of new measures

New Measures VI. Area Based Voluntary Coupled Schemes Coupled support for rice Coupled support for sugar beet Coupled support for vegetable for processing Coupled support for field vegetables Coupled support for fruits Coupled support for protein fodder Coupled support for soybean and protein crops Expected: ~ claims Questions arisen: –The national requirements in connection with seed certification and the density of the orchards. II. E-submission of new measures

New Measures VII. Animal Based Voluntary Coupled Schemes Coupled support for suckler cow Coupled support for male bovine animals (beef) Coupled support for milk Coupled support for sheep Expected: ~ claims Questions arisen: –How can the farmer get the veterinary‘s certification and how can it be attached? II. E-submission of new measures

New Measures VIII. Young Farmers Scheme Farmers under 41 years in the year of submission are eligible Expected: ~9 000 claims Questions arisen: –The participation of natural or legal persons in the scheme II. E-submission of new measures

Summary of the experiences Use of the software: Farmers can use new features, but they some need help Farmers need more information about new schemes Calculators help farmers, but sometimes they do not understand the calculating process in the new measures Questions via portal: farmers are active especially concerning new schemes and new features Submission activity: it is similar to previous years activity III. Summary of the experiences

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