Studying of experience of agricultural consultation

In article it is reported about experience of Shtumsky regional office of agricultural consultation in the republic Poland: purposes, planning of the activity, the most topical issues of agricultural consultation.

My name is Kazimir Snizhin

 Experience – it not that occurs to the person, it that the person does to that occurs to it.

Aldous Huxley.

We continue the publication of articles connected with stay of the Crimean delegation in the republic Poland within the project "Problems of agricultural consultation of a sustainable development of agricultural territories".

Acquaintance with activity of regional (povitovy) collective of agricultural consultation in Shtuma.

The area is in east part of a voyevodstvo (area) and consists of five gmin (village councils): Shtum, Old Targ, Dzezhgon, Mikolayka Pomorskiye and Old Dzezhgon. These are especially agrarian gminy. In Shtuma, Old Targe and Dzezhgon the best soils on fertility are located.

Director Kazimir Snizhin shared experience at regional (povitovy) office of agricultural consulting service.

At office 8 people, including 5 advisers (on odnomuv gmine), experts in accounting, for agricultural industry and the head of the area work. We plan the work for a year. When scheduling we consult to Pomor Agrarian Chamber and Regional management. For a year this plan repeatedly undergoes changes.

For the last 20-25 years the situation in agricultural industry considerably exchanged. In the area such cultures as flax, bean plants aren’t cultivated any more. The areas of cultivation of a sugar beet are considerably reduced. The areas of pasturable grounds were reduced. It is caused by that work of three unprofitable milk recombining plants is stopped. Also KRS livestock was reduced. However efficiency of one cow increased. In the area there is rather large number of dairy farmings, but these are very large-scale enterprises. The area of cultivation of corn increased. 84 % of all ground area are soils on which use plowing. Other areas – it is meadows and pastures.

In the work we adapt to needs of agricultural producers and rural dwellers of our area. For today a main objective of our work – this decrease in expenses and increase in profitability of agricultural production. The work we promote the maximum receiving by agricultural producers of grants and the subsidies allocated by EU and the state. We also stimulate agricultural producers to construction of new cowsheds and navozoxranilishh. Now passes some big perspective investments. All these investments are connected with huge expenses and big risk. In our area for today will reach rather high level of a svinovodstvo with a high level of quality of made production. In all these directions we make SWOT analysis: analysis of advantages and shortcomings, possible threats. Generally our plan of work consists of five programs. The first program concerns relief action questions at registration of demands for grants from various funds; drawing up of business plans, and also training on economic problems. The second program is the program of plant growing directed on introduction of progressive technologies of cultivation of crops (from crops before harvesting). For today it is possible to tell that this vector of the program at us is almost realized. The third program is a program of environmental protection, the ecological program. At implementation of this program the various investment methods connected with big expenses of means, however financial support not completely are involved compensates expenses.

           Obligations of our organization also include maintaining current affairs. Now we have a lot of work connected with structural pensions which take place today in Poland. Such pension stands out only to agricultural producers by whom 55 years were executed. It concerns men who over the last 10 years conducted agricultural activity and the last 5 years contributed to the Agrarian pension fund. After achievement of 55 years such agricultural producer should transfer the economy to apparent heirs or other persons having an agricultural education. Also he can sell this economy. This pension is allocated for 10 years, by t. e till 65 years. However the person receiving structural pension, can leave to itself a personal plot in the size no more than 0,5 hectares. But there is a big risk: personal plot in the size of 0,5 hectares with a cowshed, the house are a personal country economy and here are already levied absolutely other taxes and then nearly a half of this pension it is necessary to pay as a tax.     Structural pension can add and the woman if it the first reached age of 55 years i.e. if it is more senior than the husband.

            How there is a charge of such pension? If the demand for calculation of pension is submitted by the man who has reached 55 years, the monthly pension will develop of two parts: the first – the minimum pension existing in the state, at a rate of 900 zloties, the second part is the share of the maintenance of the wife and makes about 600 zloties (100 zloties are equivalent to 26,6 American dollars). In addition there is still an extra charge at a rate of 15 % from its rate, during the period when it gives an economy in the area more than 10 hectares. Minimalnaya Square of transferred agrarian grounds makes 3 hectares. That person who has no successor and has 30 hectares of the earth, can sell 27 hectares, and remained 3 to give, for example, to the neighbor. And thus to receive structural pension. I.e. there are many options. The greatest problem at registration of structural pensions – is a disorder in ownership deeds. This situation still isn’t ordered. In our area there were 5 such agricultural producers and today only one of them collected all necessary documents for receiving structural pension.

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