Errors in the monitoring of the areas will be corrected by checks of the layer “Physical Blocks”-Agro Plovdiv – 2024-11-14 09:30:00

The purpose of the system is to withdraw the application if a farmer has incorrectly delineated his properties

Farmers told Agro Plovdiv that they were worried about the information received from the System for monitoring on the areas. For some of their properties it is written “Availability of permanent areas“. For this type of area in Ordinance No. 3/2023 on the conditions and procedure for implementing interventions in the form of direct payments… it is stated that they are not agricultural and are not subject to support.

These days, representatives of the National Association of Grain Producers (NAZ) had a meeting at the DF “Agriculture” on this very issue, and that’s why we looked for the chairman Iliya Prodanov for more information on the topic.

Here’s what he said:

“There is nothing alarming about the monitoring system data. We should not take them as a fait accompli for farmers. The fact that someone has “realized” that there are areas of a permanent nature means nothing. From now on, DF “Agriculture” will make additional checks through the “Physical Blocks” layer.

The idea of ​​uploading the information (about the areas) in this way is so that everyone can look at their applications and if by chance somewhere they made a glaring mistake during the delineation, they have time to withdraw the applied area so that they are not penalized for over-declared areas .

The “Physical Blocks” layer is dealt with by the Directorate “Agricultural Parcel Identification System” in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. This layer will serve the “Agriculture” fund to carry out checks on all agricultural areas before the final payment. The checks will not be on-site, but through the database of the Directorate in question for the physical blocks.

Otherwise, the errors that alarmed farmers are primarily due to the fact that the Area Monitoring System works with pixels 10 by 10 meters. That is, it is the accuracy of the images that the monitor uses. For this reason, many of the structures of a permanent nature allegedly stand in for part of the block. That is why it will be an additional check.

It is not even necessary for the farmers, where part of their property is declared as “areas of a permanent nature”, to express their disagreement through the SEU, if they have correctly demarcated their lands. All bona fide farmers will have no problem. After the additional verification of the fund, things will fall into place.”