The need to keep the expected level of production in agriculture generates a serious burden on the environment. The most important environmental factors exposed to the impact of agriculture include biodiversity and water, air, and soil quality. Assessments of all these environmental aspects related to agricultural production are negative. The condition of the agricultural environment has been subject to rapid deterioration. In such a situation, environmental instruments have drawn particular attention from the European legislature when developing new guidelines of the Common Agricultural Policy to be applicable after 2020.

Environmental spending as an instrument to protect agricultural biodiversity and water, air, and soil quality has been a key focus in the development of new guidelines for the Common Agricultural Policy after 2020.

Płatności prośrodowiskowe jako instrument ochrony użytkowej biosfery w rolnictwie

Key Takeaway: Environmental spending as an instrument to protect agricultural biodiversity and water, air, and soil quality has been a key focus in the development of new guidelines for the Common Agricultural Policy after 2020.