Poland projected changes to animal subsidies

Published 2021년 11월 22일

Tridge summary

The Ministry of Agriculture in a European country has introduced a Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy from 2023-2027, which will include an Eco-Scheme focused on animal welfare. This scheme will provide subsidies to farmers who maintain higher animal welfare standards, compensating for additional costs. The scheme covers various animals including pigs, cattle, poultry, and horses. Farmers must have a producer record and animal identification number to be eligible for these subsidies. The plan also allows farmers to combine several types of payments on a farm level, such as animal welfare interventions with agri-environment-climate commitments. The payment for each animal will vary based on the specific welfare requirements met.

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The Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy for the years 2023-2027 developed by the Ministry of Agriculture includes the Eco-Scheme - Animal Welfare, proposals for animal breeding subsidies, the purpose of which is to encourage farmers to promote higher (above the applicable standards) animal welfare conditions. Farmers will be granted support for the implementation of animal welfare commitments that go beyond the relevant mandatory standards resulting from generally applicable law and commonly used practices. This support is intended to compensate for the additional costs incurred and income foregone as a result of introducing breeding practices related to increased animal welfare. The intervention covers pigs (sows and fattening pigs), cattle (cows and fatteners), sheep, laying hens, broilers, turkeys and horses. A commitment under an Animal Welfare intervention is undertaken for a period of one year. The possibility of taking advantage of the subsidies depends on the ...

Source: Wrp