Review article
https://doi.org/10.33128/pc.27.1-4.6
Application of ecological fertilizers (AEF) in orchards and olive groves for the period 2018-2022
Ante Biško
orcid.org/0000-0003-3784-1113
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Lepomir Čoga
orcid.org/0009-0008-8796-3315
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper presents the effect of the five-year implementation of the 10.1.15 operation. AEF (application of ecological fertilizers) with special emphasis on the type of use in orchards and olive groves. Orchards, olive groves (and mixed permanent plantations) together accounted for 40% of the areas reported in the AEF during the five-year period 2018-2022, and the remaining 60% of the areas were vineyards. Annual applications of fruit growing areas in AEF ranged from 389 ha (2018) to 3542 ha (2022), recording a constant increase. The corresponding monetary value ranged from EUR 219,350 (2018) to EUR 1,994,854 (2022), a total of EUR 6,417,206 (HRK 48,350,439). For the same period, the annual registrations of olive areas in AEF ranged from 25 ha (2018) to 709 ha (2022), recording a constant increase. The corresponding monetary value ranged from 14,047 euros (2018) to 399,330 euros (2022), a total of 1,255,885 euros (9,462,466 HRK).The introduction and implementation of AEF in fruit growing and olive growing had significant ecological, technological and financial effects. It is necessary to review the date of publication of the Ordinance on IAKS measures because the end of February/beginning of March does not leave time for producers to familiarize themselves with the provisions of the Ordinance, and to comply with them, respecting the technological deadlines and the implementation itself? The question remains open: "Why was the AEF not transformed into an Eco scheme, incorporated into the Ordinance on IAKS measures in 2023 and made available for possible use by producers in 2023?"
Keywords
AEF (application of ecological fertilizers); orchard; olive grove; IAKS (Integrated and administrative control system); IAKS measures
Hrčak ID:
314809
URI
Publication date:
7.12.2023.
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