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Agriculture of Lake Fertő area

7. Lakepromo Meeting & Seminar April 11-13, 2007 - Aalborg, Denmark. Agriculture of Lake Fertő area. Management of Lake Fertő. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy.

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Agriculture of Lake Fertő area

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  1. 7. Lakepromo Meeting & Seminar April 11-13, 2007 - Aalborg, Denmark Agriculture of Lake Fertő area Management of Lake Fertő University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy

  2. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy Main features of the agriculture Area of the county: 424 079 ha Area under cultivation: 272 197 ha Number of registered farmers: 10 918 companies: 292 associations: 103 sole proprietor: 362 family farm: 722 licensed traditional small-scale producer: 9 439

  3. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy Production Crop production Area of plough land in the county: 231 915 Plough land around the Lake: 7 000 ha Main crops: cereals: 115 357 ha maize: 42 511 ha sunflower: 18 056 ha sugar beet: 8 890 ha forage crops: 19 122 ha others: 27 979 ha

  4. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy Fruits and vegetables Horticulture Areas for vegetables: 1 192 ha cucumber, green pea, cabbage, onion, green paprika, tomato Fruits: 1 303 ha Around the Lake: 236 ha apple, pear, sour cherry, berry fruits Grape growing: total area of grape production: 2 672 ha Around the Lake: 1 350 ha Sopron vineyards: 1 750 ha Pannonhalmi vineyards: 1 122 ha Average size of a vineyard: 4000 m2 Grassland around the Lake: 2 900

  5. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy Animal breeding Number of cattle: 58 000 cow: 25 000 Number of pigs: 223 000 sow: 17 000 Number of sheep-ewe: 8 000 Poultry: 1 632 000

  6. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy National Development Plan Agri-environmental target programs Agri-environmental target program for plough lands: Basic program for plough land - 1 377 ha in the program, 134 500 Euro support 2. Habitat development program on plough lands 38,85 ha in the program, 7400 Euro support 3. Integrated crop production target program - 251 ha in the program, 33 000 Euro support

  7. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy National Development Plan Agri-environmental target programs Grassland management target program: 1. Grassland management with habitat development target program - 42,02 ha in the program, 4 000 Euro support 2. Grassland habitat management - 4 179 ha in the program, 242 000 Euro support Plantation target program 1. Integrated plantation target program - 221 ha in the program, 84 000 Euro support 2. Ecological plantation target program - 28,68 ha in the program, 7 800 Euro support

  8. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy National Development Plan Agri-environmental target programs Water habitat target programs 1. Reed management target program 3 662,62 ha in the program, 311 000 Euro support Extensive farming target program 1. Hungarian Gray target program - 372 animals in the program, 41 600 Euro support 2. Horses of high genetic value target program - 5 animals in the program, 600 Euro support 3. Indigenous sheep target program - 621 animals in the program, 12 580 Euro support

  9. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy Agri-environmental management in Austria Austrian Agri-environmental Program 1995-1997: I. program 1998-2000: II. program 2001-2005: III. program 2006: extension of the program for a further year 2007-2013: under discussion Scope of the program: covers all aspects of crop production and animal husbandry including action to support agri-environmental management Content of the program: there are 32 different actions to participate in with the aims of: set-aside less chemicals and fertilizers extensive farming instead of intensive farming

  10. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy Agri-environmental management in Austria Participation in the program: - 78 % of farms - 90 % of lands Participation in the vicinity of the Lake Fertő: - no animal husbandry - 95 % in case of arable farming - 80 % in case of wine and fruit production - 90 % in case of vegetables Co-financing in Austria requires 50 % own contribution, but in Burgenland the ration is 75 % - 25 % Available amount of financial support in 2004: 640,3 million Euro

  11. University of Debrecen Centre for Environmental Management and Policy Agri-environmental management in Austria Advantages: - expectations of the politics, youth and green associations - increasing competitiveness and improving economy through better quality - additional income for farmers Disadvantages: - decrease of income - administration - accuracy - sanctions

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