PAYING AGENCY FOR AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
APCP Survey
Analisys of basic APCP questionnaire for farmers
APCP
January, 2010.
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2009.
Table of Content:
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
General information ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Number of respondents ............................................................................................................................................................ 6
Average age of respondents ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
Average age of respondents by County .................................................................................................................................... 7
Sex of respondents .................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Sex of respondents by County ................................................................................................................................................... 8
Respondents education ............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Respondents education by County............................................................................................................................................ 9
Farm structure ............................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Organizational structure of farms ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Organizational structure of farms by County .......................................................................................................................... 11
Ha of land ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Ha of land by County ............................................................................................................................................................... 12
Number of farms with cattle ................................................................................................................................................... 13
Number of farms with arable crops ........................................................................................................................................ 13
Number of farms growing vegetables ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Number of farms with perennial crops ................................................................................................................................... 13
Structure of farms by animals ................................................................................................................................................. 14
Structure of farms by crops ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
Farm status .................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Number of adapted/new objects on farms ............................................................................................................................. 17
Number of adapted/new objects on farms by County............................................................................................................ 17
Number of beneficiaries of the Operational program ............................................................................................................ 18
Number of plans for farm upgrade ......................................................................................................................................... 18
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Number of plans for farm upgrade by County ........................................................................................................................ 19
Manure management.................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Evaluation of farms based on manure management .............................................................................................................. 20
Evaluation of farms based on manure management by County ............................................................................................. 20
Manure management.............................................................................................................................................................. 21
Manure management by County ............................................................................................................................................ 21
Number of soil analysis............................................................................................................................................................ 22
Quantity of fertilizers and manure on farms per year ............................................................................................................ 23
GAP knowledge........................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Number of GAP informed farmers .......................................................................................................................................... 24
Number of GAP informed farmers by County ......................................................................................................................... 24
Number of farmers interested in GAP implementation .......................................................................................................... 24
Number of farmers interested in co-financing manure storage ............................................................................................. 25
GAP practice - crop rotation .................................................................................................................................................... 25
GAP practice - manure usage .................................................................................................................................................. 25
GAP practice - use of fertilizers instructed by experts ............................................................................................................ 25
GAP practice - other practices ..................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
GAP practice - distance from the wells ................................................................................................................................... 25
GAP practice - manure storage on waterproof platforms....................................................................................................... 25
Equipment ................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Number of farmers with injectors for slurry ........................................................................................................................... 26
Number of farmers with loader for manure ........................................................................................................................... 26
Number of farmers with mixers for manure ........................................................................................................................... 26
Number farmers with pumps for manure ............................................................................................................................... 26
Number of farmers with screper for manure .......................................................................................................................... 26
Number of farmers with separators for manure..................................................................................................................... 27
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Number of farmers with spreader for manure ....................................................................................................................... 27
Number of farmers with cisterns ............................................................................................................................................ 27
APCP results of questionnaire for farms- opinions of respondents ............................................................................................ 28
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Introduction
Agriculture Pollution Control Project (APCP) is carried out in Croatia in order to reduce runoff of nutrients derived
from agriculture into surface and groundwater, and to disseminate good agriculture practices which are environmentally
friendly. The project is being implemented in 3 counties: Varaždinska, Osječko-baranjska and Vukovarsko-srijemska. In order
to obtain actual situation of agriculture in these counties, a questionnaire to farmers engaged in livestock production is
made.
The main objective of this document is to present the state of farms in the project counties before assignment of
project funds. Questionnaires were entered into the database from which many interesting data were filtered.
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General information
Number of respondents
120
115
110
105
SumOfNumber of respondents
100
95
90
Osječko-baranjska
County
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Varaždinska
Vukovarskosrijemska
Number of respondents
100
119
108
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Average age of respondents
Average age of respondents
44,95
Average age of respondents by County
45,6
45,4
45,2
45
44,8
44,6
44,4
44,2
44
43,8
Osječko-baranjska
County
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Average age of respondents by County
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
44,84
45,48
44,43
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Sex of respondents
300
200
100
0
Female
Sex
Male
Number of respondents
Female
Male
50
277
Sex of respondents by County
120
100
80
Female
60
Male
40
20
0
Osječko-baranjska
County
Osječko-baranjska
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Sex
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Number of respondents by County
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
10
90
33
86
7
101
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Respondents education
200
150
100
50
0
Bachelor
Education
Elementary school
High school
Bachelor
Bachelor of science
Bachelor of
science
Elementary
school
High school
Number of respondents
117
182
12
15
Respondents education by County
70
60
50
40
Osječko-baranjska
30
Varaždinska
20
Vukovarsko-srijemska
10
0
Bachelor
Education
Bachelor
Bachelor of science
Elementary school
High school
Bachelor
Bachelor of science
Elementary school
Bachelor of
science
Elementary
school
County
High school
Number of respondents
Osječko-baranjska
Osječko-baranjska
Osječko-baranjska
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Varaždinska
Varaždinska
2
5
40
53
7
3
42
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High school
Bachelor
Bachelor of science
Elementary school
High school
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
66
3
7
35
63
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Farm structure
Organizational structure of farms
300
200
100
0
Agricultural
cooperative
Organizational structure
Agricultural cooperative
Craft
Trade
company
Number of farms
2
Agricultural holding
261
Craft
52
Trade company
Agricultural
holding
9
Organizational structure of farms by County
120
100
80
<>
Agricultural cooperative
60
Agricultural holding
Craft
Trade company
40
20
0
Osječko-baranjska Varaždinska
Vukovarskosrijemska
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County
Organizational structure
Osječko-baranjska
Osječko-baranjska
Osječko-baranjska
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Varaždinska
Varaždinska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Agricultural cooperative
Agricultural holding
Craft
Trade company
Agricultural cooperative
Agricultural holding
Craft
Trade company
Agricultural cooperative
Agricultural holding
Craft
Trade company
Number of farms
0
80
19
1
1
101
13
3
1
80
20
5
Ha of land
Ha of land
owned
5658
Ha of land
contracted
8078
Average ha of land
owned
18,80
Average ha of land
contracted
29,92
Ha of land by County
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
SumOfHa of land owned
SumOfHa of land contracted
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarskosrijemska
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County
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Ha of land
owned
Ha of land
contracted
2078
1070
2510
Average ha
of land owned
4111
998
2969
21,42
10,39
24,85
Number of farms with cattle
Livestock
Number of farms with cattle
Yes
327
Number of farms with arable crops
Farming
Number of farmers
No
Yes
24
303
Number of farms growing vegetables
Vegetables
Number of farms
No
Yes
320
7
Number of farms with perennial crops
Perennial crops
Number of farms with perennial crops
No
Yes
320
7
13
Average ha
of land contracted
44,20
10,85
34,93
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Structure of farms by animals
Bees
Boar
Broilers
Bulls
Calves
Cows
Ducks
Geese
Goats
Heifers
Horses
Lots
Mare
Pigs
Sheeps
Sows
Young pigs
Animal
Bees
Boar
Broilers
Bulls
Calves
Cows
Ducks
Geese
Goats
Heifers
Horses
Lots
Mare
Pigs
Sheeps
Sows
Young pigs
Number of farms
1
3
15
19
51
205
3
1
15
141
6
2
1
72
5
42
9
Total number
of animals
82
5
228260
755
462
6606
100013
1500
1149
3267
11
6
4
14148
420
1369
971
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Average number
of animals on farms
82,00
1,67
16.304,29
41,94
9,06
32,38
33.337,67
1.500,00
82,07
23,50
1,83
3,00
4,00
202,11
84,00
32,00
107,89
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Structure of farms by crops
Slice 1
Barley
Beet
Cabbage
Carrot
Corn
Foraging culture
Grape wine
Grass mixtures
Legumes
Meadow
Oats
Oil crops
Potato
Pumpkin
Tobacco
Triticale
Uncultivated land
Wheat
Crop
Barley
Beet
Cabbage
Carrot
Corn
Foraging culture
Grape wine
Grass mixtures
Number of farms
186
16
5
3
309
101
3
129
Total surface in ha
898
311
3
28
4627
1399
30
989
15
Average surface in ha
5,87
22,21
1,50
28,00
16,89
14,57
30,00
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Legumes
Meadow
Oats
Oil crops
Potato
Pumpkin
Tobacco
Triticale
Uncultivated land
Wheat
50
31
54
45
6
4
1
20
1
209
484
204
173
812
3
15
1
85
1
2404
16
10,08
12,00
4,02
18,88
1,50
5,00
1,00
6,07
1,00
13,41
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Farm status
Number of adapted/new objects on farms
Farm object status
Number of farms
Adaptation
208
New objects (built in last 5 years)
101
Number of adapted/new objects on farms by County
70
60
50
40
30
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
20
Vukovarsko-srijemska
10
0
Adaptation
Farm object status
Adaptation
Adaptation
Adaptation
New objects
(built in last 5 years)
New objects
(built in last 5 years)
New objects
(built in last 5 years)
New objects (build
in last 5 years
County
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Number of farms
57
84
67
Osječko-baranjska
41
Varaždinska
21
Vukovarsko-srijemska
39
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Number of beneficiaries of the Operational program
Fund
Number of beneficiaries
FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CATTLE PRODUCTION
CROATIAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT (HBOR)
HBOR (DAIRY COWS FARM)
HBOR (DEVELOPMENT OF PIG PRODUCTION)
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS – MECHANISATION
(TRACTOR, TRAILER)
MAIZE, MEADOW, MILK
MILKO VARAŽDIN
CATTLE PRODUCTION
PIG PRODUCTION
FOR CHEESE PRODUCTION FACILITY
COUNTY LOAN FOR YOUNG FEMALE PIGS FOR
BREEDING
Number of plans for farm upgrade
Plans in farm upgrade
No
Yes
Number of farms
123
204
18
27
7
1
1
4
7
1
1
1
1
1
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Number of plans for farm upgrade by County
80
70
60
50
Osječko-baranjska
40
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
30
20
10
0
No
Plans in farm upgrade
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
County
Number of farms
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
19
36
58
29
64
61
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Manure management
Evaluation of farms based on manure management
Manure management
Number of farms
1 Unacceptable
2 Acceptable
3 Good
144
146
25
Evaluation of farms based on manure management by County
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
15
10
5
0
Acceptable 2
Good 3
Manure management
County
1 Unacceptable
1 Unacceptable
1 Unacceptable
2 Acceptable
2 Acceptable
2 Acceptable
3 Good
3 Good
3 Good
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Unacceptable 1
Number of farms
43
48
53
54
53
39
3
8
14
Unacceptable = those who storage manure on the ground
Acceptable = those who have any concrete facility (platform, lagoon or septic tank) but too small or
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inadequate
Good = those who have concrete facilities for manure (platform, lagoon or both) with sufficient capacity
for all LU on farm
Manure management
Application on
concrated land
Application on owned
land
Composting
Other
Sale
Usage type
Number of farms
Application on contracted land
Application on owned land
Composting
Other
Sale
156
312
3
4
18
Manure management by County
Usage type
Application on
contracted land
Application on
contracted land
Application on
County
Manure quantities in kg
Osječko-baranjska
15600
Varaždinska
18564
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contracted land
Application on
owned land
Application on
owned land
Application on
owned land
Composting
Composting
Composting
Other
Other
Other
Sale
Sale
Sale
Vukovarsko-srijemska
16848
Osječko-baranjska
31200
Varaždinska
37128
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
33696
300
357
324
400
476
432
1800
2142
1944
Number of soil analysis
Soil analysis
Number of farms
No
Yes
227
100
Number of soil analysis by County
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
No
Yes
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Soil analysis
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
County
Number of farms
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
57
81
89
43
38
19
Quantity of fertilizers and manure on farms per year
Slice 1
KAN
Manure
NPK
Other
Slurry
UREA
Fertilizer type
KAN
Manure
NPK
Other
Slurry
UREA
Total quantities(kg)
2.174.625,00
155.944.480,00
5.352.755,00
16.320,00
94.071.000,00
2.541.570,00
Number of farms
254
188
277
7
128
263
23
Average quantities(kg)
8.629,46
861.571,71
19.535,60
4.080,00
771.073,77
9.813,01
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GAP knowledge
Number of GAP informed farmers
GAP informed
Number of respondents
No
Yes
186
141
Number of GAP informed farmers by County
80
70
60
50
Osječko-baranjska
40
Varaždinska
30
Vukovarsko-srijemska
20
10
0
No
GAP informed
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
County
Number of respondents
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Osječko-baranjska
Varaždinska
Vukovarsko-srijemska
Number of farmers interested in GAP implementation
Interested in field demonstration
No
Yes
Number of farmers
112
215
24
81
65
40
19
54
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Number of farmers interested in co-financing manure storage
Interested in construction
of manure storage
No
Number of farmers
126
Yes
201
GAP practice - crop rotation
Crop rotation
No
Yes
Number of respondents
76
247
GAP practice - manure usage
Manure application
No
Yes
Number of respondents
10
313
GAP practice - use of fertilizers instructed by experts
Usage of fertilizers
No
Yes
Number of respondents
268
55
GAP practice - distance from the wells
Distance from the wells
No
Yes
Number of respondents
159
164
GAP practice - manure storage on waterproof platforms
Waterproof bedding
No
Yes
Number of respondents
291
32
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Equipment
Number of farmers with injectors for slurry
Injector for slurry
Number of equipment
No
Yes
291
2
Number of farmers with loader for manure
Manure loader
Number of equipment
No
Yes
96
197
Number of farmers with mixers for manure
Manure mixer
Number of equipment
No
Yes
274
19
Number of farmers with pumps for manure
Manure pump
Number of equipment
No
Yes
281
12
Number of farmers with screper for manure
Screper for manure
No
Yes
Number of equipment
265
28
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Number of farmers with separators for manure
Manure separator
Number of equipment
No
Yes
292
1
Number of farmers with spreader for manure
Manure spreader
No
Yes
Number of equipment
127
166
Number of farmers with cisterns
Cisterns for manure
No
Yes
Number of equipment
117
176
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RESULTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE FOR FARMS
OPINIONS OF RESPONDENTS
Suggestions for themes for future seminars on the GAP:
-
The market of goods
-
Production plan
-
Consolidation of land
-
Regions with harsh conditions of management
-
Processing of manure
-
Basic education
-
Cheaper production
-
Use of pesticides
-
Saving of voluminous stern
-
Crop rotation
-
Plant nutrition
-
Calcification
-
Arkod
-
Good agricultural practice
-
Compliance of Nitrates Directive with spatial plan
-
Adjustment of agriculture to EU standards
-
How to keep a small economy
-
New insights in pig production
-
Education about selling a product
-
Technology of feeding cows
-
New discoveries and technologies in crop production and livestock production
-
Rational use of mineral fertilizers and stableyard manure
-
Technologies of milk production
-
Reproduction of cows
-
Livestock production
-
News in keeping and feeding pigs
-
Technology of keeping and breeding cows
-
Pig production-feeding, sale, crossing
-
Recent experience in improving milk production
-
Technology of growing and breeding pigs
-
All branches of agriculture
-
Legalization of objects
Varaždinska county
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Proper storage of stableyard manure
-
Dairy cows
-
Finances
-
Share of country in the price of wheat
-
Millers and bakers
-
How to sell and remunerate agricultural product?
-
Participation of soil experts
-
How to finance measures of GAP?
-
Milk production
-
Composting
-
Dairy production in the future
-
Small and medium farmers - the possibilities in the future
-
Everything related to livestock production and arable crops
-
Profitable production and how to achieve it
-
Fertilization with mineral fertilizers and with manure
-
Sales of production and collection; marketing
-
Weed control
-
Nitrates directive
-
Crop rotation
-
Pig production – technology of feeding
-
Innovations in the technology of growing pigs
-
Production of biogas
-
Economic feasibility and opportunities of users of GAP
-
Cheaper feeding of cows with good results
-
How to make production cheaper and have safe product placement?
-
Feeding of heifers
-
Feeding of dairy cows
-
Proper use of farmyard manure
-
Everything related to dairy cows
-
Production of lucerne
-
Manure management (manure utilization)
-
Management of dairy cows farm
-
Pig production-objects and adaptation
-
Pig production-technology of nutrition and manure management
-
Effect of plant residues on soil structure
-
Hygiene in keeping of dairy cows
-
Production of silage
-
Cow-calve system
-
Utilization of estate
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Composting and ecology
-
Recommendations for fertilization of different cultures
-
Livestock-management
-
Joining of farmers in the „machine ring“
-
Construction of farm
-
Systems of keeping animals
-
Stables for small economies
-
Achivement of profit by composting manure
Vukovarsko-srijemska county
What is, in your opinion, necessary to increase the use of GAP?
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


Education (awareness) by the experts (seminars, brochures)
Financial resources
Easier access to information and the resolution of administrative barriers
Free soil analysis
What is, in your opinion, necessary to improve work and increase the competitiveness of Croatian farmers?
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



To introduce order into the market - to reduce imports and increase the sales of domestic production
Lower prices of intermediate goods - higher prices of products
Land consolidation
Education about new technologies in agriculture
Irrigation of land
Favorable loans
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CONCLUSION
Through questionnaires for farms 327 farmers in three Project counties were examined. The average age is
44,95≈45. Most of the farms are familiy agricultural holdings (261) with cows/heifers and pigs/sows. Most
cultivated cultures are: corn, wheat, foraging cultures, grass mixtures, barley and oil crops.
Number of respondents who meet the criteria of the Project according to the number of animals is:
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Cows – 172
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Pigs – 59
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Sows – 11
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Broilers – 9
204 respondents are planning a farm upgrade. Of equipment, more than half of respondents have a loader
for manure, spreader for manure and cisterns. There are 208 adapted/old objects, and only 101 new built objects
(in last 5 years). Soil analysis is made by only 100 respondents. Most of farmers uses manure from farm for
fertilization of their own land.
As far as manure storage facilities is concerned, only 25 farmers have good solution in manure storage.
Even 144 of them storaging manure on the ground.
Our goal is to change the habits of farmers and reduce runoff of nitrates from agricultural sources to
surface and groundwater, as much as possible. Also it is very important that farmers adopt the measures of good
agricultural practices which are environment friendly.
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