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How is information
available to farmers?
Are there any special
projects or
programmes for
promoting GAP/BAP?
UNDP/GEF Danube Regional Project
respectively this document is rather worrying. The responsibility for its contents and
implementation is shared by several ministries (Health, Environment, Agriculture) and up
to now it has not find its proper place in the agricultural practice.
The first chapter "Principles of a good agricultural practice" deals with:
Fertilization. This chapter refers to the "Guidelines for good agricultural practice in
fertilization" (Official Journal of the Rep. Slovenia 34/00).
Contents: to ensure a maximum uptake of nutrients by plants and minimum loss; to
fertilize accordingly to the needs of individual crops; to respect water protection acts;
different suggestions regarding the use, storage etc. of manure and slurry; a yearly
fertilization plan according to the soil analysis (the later to be repeated every 5 years).
Plant protection. This chapter refers to the Principles of good agricultural practice in plant
protection (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, 2000).
Contents: optimisation of cultivation (time, hygiene, fertilisation, other technology etc); use of
resistant varieties; priority to non-chemical pest treatment; use of appropriate and registered
pesticide; consider previous experiences and forecasts of the plant protection services;
different measures to prevent occurrence of resistance in pests and to reduce the quantities
of pesticides used; need for training on the use of pesticides; use of faultless and regularly
checked spraying devices. The users must keep records on the use of pesticides.
The second chapter is titled "Principles of a good farmer": This chapter refers to the Law
on Agricultural Land (OJ RS 59/96) that requires from the owner, tenant or any other user
of agricultural land to farm the land as a good farmer, adjusting agricultural production to
the environmental and soil conditions and preventing erosion, pollution and ensuring a
durable fertility of the soil. The criteria for a good farmer are set in the Guidelines for
judging the appropriateness of the farmer's practice (OJ RS 29/86) that are the reference
for the contents of the principles
A small booklet on good agricultural practice has been published by the Ministry of
Environment and Spatial Planning. The booklet is not available anymore.
No
Policy Mix
* Where 1 – highly successful (high potential to reduce water pollution plus high compliance/uptake by farmers); 2
= moderately successful (moderate potential to reduce water pollution plus moderate compliance/uptake by
farmers); 3 = unsuccessful (low potential to reduce water pollution plus and/or compliance/uptake by farmers)
Practical
Pollution Policy Instruments Potential to Effectiveness in
On-farm Measures
Issue
Used Reduce Reducing Pollution
Reg Econ Adv Proj Pollution (average score)*
CZECH REPUBLIC
• nutrient and IPM
• manure storage
• organic farming
• cleaning of pesticides dump
Manure/fertilizers storage and
application, arable to grassland
permits, permits for waste water
discharge,
Nutrients,
farm waste
erosion
√ √ √ High 2
Pesticides storage and use Pesticides √ √ High 2
Waste management plans Waste √ High 1
Action plan for NVZs Nutrients,
waste
Pesticides, fertilisers limits in Pesticide
water/nature protected areas nutrients
Organic farming Pesticides
erosion,
√ √ High 3 (will be
implemented)
√ High 1
√ √ High 1