Is the "Agri-environmental programme" a chance for nature conservation of polish countryside?

Implementation of the „Agri-environmental programme” is to contribute to sustainable development of rural areas and to maintain biodiversity in these areas. The main aim of the programme is to promote rural production based on methods meeting requirements of protection of the environment and nature. Farmers get financial compensation to care for land friendly for nature. Research from the year 2009 in some areas with different plant communities in the macroregion Niecka Nidzianska showed that the programme requirements do not reflect all plants’ needs: for example the mowing dates are too early. The nature values of analysed meadows qualifying for the Programme variants are different.