A development of agricultural production with a focus on sustainability is increasingly being striven for, but also demanded by public and private institutions. The CAPTIVATE[1] project focuses more on the ecological dimension of sustainability.

According to preliminary data, 6 800 kilometres of bio-strips have already been created in the first year of the agricultural policy to break up large monoculture fields and create space for biodiversity. This is 32 times more than in the entire previous seven-year subsidy period.

The Strategic Plan of the Common Agricultural Policy of the Republic of Croatia 2023-2027, for the first time, enables the provision of support for eco-schemes as one-year climate and environmental interventions within direct payments. Although green payments are being phased out starting from 2023, eco-schemes do not directly replace them because green payments were mandatory for direct payment beneficiaries, while obligations for implementing eco-schemes are voluntarily undertaken by the beneficiaries.

In line with its transparency and monitoring requirements, the European Commission has launched an online dashboard presenting the targets set at national level by each Member State in its approved CAP Strategic Plan, as well targets at EU level.