Eco schemes

At least two different types (cultures) of crops/plantations and/or different types of agricultural land use, where the area of ​​the main crop/main type of agricultural land use must not exceed 75% of the total agricultural area of ​​the agricultural holding

At least three different types (cultures) of crops/plantations and/or different types of agricultural land use, whereby the area of ​​the main crop/main type of agricultural land use must not occupy more than 60% of the agricultural land, and two main crops together/two main types of agricultural land use, may not occupy more than 95% of the agricultural land of the agricultural holding

At least four different types (cultures) of crops/plantations and/or types of agricultural land use, whereby the area of ​​the main crop/main type of agricultural land use must not occupy more than 60% of the agricultural area, and the three main crops together/three main types of agricultural land use, may not occupy more than 90% of agricultural land.

1. Have a soil analysis for each ARKOD plot where manure is applied. For every 10 ARKOD parcels that have an area of less than 1 ha, the user performs the analysis only for the largest ARKOD parcel. The soil analysis must contain the following parameters: soil reaction (pH, KCl and H2O), humus content, content of physiologically active nutrients P2O5 and K2O, hydrolytic acidity or content of total carbonates and skeleton content (for skeletal soils);
2. Have manure analyzed for dry matter content, organic matter content, reaction (pH) and nutrient content (total nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium). Manure analysis must be done every year for each type and for each newly purchased amount of manure;
3. In accordance with soil analysis and manure analysis, create and implement a fertilization plan. The fertilization plan, together with soil analysis and manure analysis together with invoices and other documentation, the user is obliged to submit to the Agency for Payments in Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development;
4. Keep records of manure application for all ARKOD plots where manure was applied in the calendar year. The user must submit the record form to the Agency for Payments in Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development by December 31 in the year of submission of the request.;
5. Fertilization with manure within the intervention should be in accordance with the needs of the culture, based on the soil analysis performed by the authorized laboratory and the fertilization plan made with the help of individual counseling by representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate for Professional Support for Agricultural Development. The Directorate for Professional Support for the Development of Agriculture submits to the APPRRR by December 31 of the current year a list of beneficiaries of individual counseling;
6. It is allowed to use manure (solid or liquid) on arable land in an amount that corresponds to the application of nitrogen from manure from at least 70 kg N/ha to a maximum of 150 kg N/ha in accordance with the minimum and maximum amounts of manure per hectare according to Table 1.
Table 1. Allowed amounts of manure

A type of manure Minimum amount of manure Maximum amount of manure
t/ha t/ha
Bovine 14 30
From ungulates 11.5 25
Sheep and goat 9 19
Pork 11.5 25
Chickens 4,5 10
Broiler 2 5
Beef compost 3 7
Beef slurry 17 m 3 /ha 37 m 3 /ha
Pig slurry 14 m 3 /ha 30 m 3 /ha

7. The user who, based on the soil analysis carried out by the authorized laboratory, was issued a recommendation for fertilization with manure with an amount of nitrogen lower than 70 kg/ha is exempted from this obligation.
8. Apply manure within 48 hours of spreading it on the arable surface and in such a way as to reduce nitrogen losses to the minimum possible extent;
9. A user who does not have sufficient quantities of manure or does not produce his own manure is obliged to submit a copy of the invoice for the purchased manure to the Agency for Payments in Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development by December 15 of the current year of the request, which shows: - the amount of purchased manure
per types of manure listed in Table 1
- MIBPG and the name of the farmer from whom the manure was purchased.
10. For a user who owns livestock, the amount of manure produced is calculated based on the average number of heads/beaks according to Table 2 recorded in the unified register of domestic animals (JRDŽ) in the year preceding the year of submission of the unified request, based on the balance of each first day of the month and the annual produced amount of nitrogen in manure per UG from Table 2.
Table 2. Annual amount of nitrogen in manure and amount of manure per UG

TYPE OF DOMESTIC ANIMAL kg N/year %N Tons of manure per UG per year

Cattle 70 0.5 14.0
Hoofed animals 60 0.6 10.0
Sheep and goats 70 0.8 8,8
Pigs 80 0.6 13.3
Poultry 85 2,2 3.9
Other domestic animals 85 0.5 17.0

11. The user who owns livestock is obliged to use inorganic substances for binding ammonia, adsorbents such as zeolite in the manure storage. The user proves the application of the same with a copy of the invoice, which he attaches together with other invoices and documentation and is obliged to submit them to the Agency for Payments in Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development.
12. In order to reduce water pollution (after rainfall) and air pollution (especially in the warmer months), the user who owns livestock is obliged to have covered manure storage.