Land use management in LPIS

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1 Land use management in LPIS Matjaž Rotenhajzer, Alenka Rotter Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and food, Slovenia Workshop on control and management of agricultural land in IACS Baveno, May, 2016 Outline Rationale Certain characteristics of SI LPIS Land use management Land use categories Transformation of arable land into permanent grassland Land use in context of ETS 1

2 Land use in LPIS why? CAP reform 2015 LPIS guidelines Distinction of agricultural area ARABLE LAND (AL) PERMANENT CROPS (PC) PERMANENT GRASSLAND (PG) LPIS in Slovenia October 2014 RP = Farmer's block, divided by land use (GERK) October today RP = Farmer's block 2

3 LPIS in Slovenia Shift from GERK to farmer's block mainly due to narrow stripsofdifferentlanduse(e.g. stripsofmeadownextto a field audit remarks) andsmallrps Delineation stilltakesplaceat GERK level, farmer's blockis thenderivedautomaticallyfromadjacentgerksofone farmer GERK is a separate layer that holds information about land use category multi-purpose LPIS: IACS, management of permanent crops, statistics, LULUCF Update takes place on both layers (GERK + FB) GERK GERK vs. farmer's block FB Farm_ID Land use ID X MEA Last update 3

4 Land use in LPIS & GSAA LPIS GSAA GERK Codelist -holds specifications for each land use category (eligibility profile) Land use ID Crop type ID Land use ID 1100 Description Fields Land cover category Arable land (AL) Eligible hectare factor 100 Color etc. The application automatically controlsthe link between land use and crop type (e.g. you cannot put crop type 'apple tree'on land use 1100 Fields) LPIS update Field 5 years grass House Field Meadow Meadow Vineyard Vineyard Year: n Area_RP: 1 ha Area_AL: 0,5 ha Area_PG: 0,25 ha Area_PC: 0,25 ha Year: n + 1 Changesin nature Year: n + 1 Area_RP: 0,9 ha Area_AL: 0,15 ha Area_PG: 0,5 ha Area_PC: 0,25 ha 4

5 Land use categories 1100 Fields ARABLE LAND (AL) 1150 Fields for snail farming 1161 Hops fields in rotation 1170 Strawberry fields 1180 Permanent crops on arable land Permanent crops on arable land where production is not in soil 1190 Greenhouses 1191 Green houses where production is not in soil 1192 Greenhouses with fruit plants 1610 Agricultural areas that are being prepared for cultivation 1160 Hop fields PERMANENT 1211 Vineyards CROPS (PC) 1212 Nurseries 1221 Intensive orchards 1230 Olive groves 1240 Other permanent crops 1420 Forest tree plantations OTHER PURPOSES THAN IACS 1300 Permanent grassland 1320 Permanent grassland with scattered ineligible features (Pro-rata) 1222 Extensive orchards PERMANENT GRASSLAND (PG) 1100 Fields Arable land most common category (maize, potato, pumpkins, wheat, ) 1150 Fields for snail farming heliculture 1161 Hop fields in rotation areas with construction for growing hops that are temporarily not used for hops production 1180 Permanent crops on arable land asparagus, lavender, tree nurseries, 1190 Greenhouses

6 1170 Strawberry fields 1192 Greenhouses with fruit plants 1181-Permanent crops on arable land where production is not in soil MEA = Greenhouses where production is not in soil MEA = 0 Arable land Permanent crops characteristics Additional information about crop type, crop variety, inoculation basis, number of plants, distances between plants, planting year etc Agricultural areas that are being prepared for cultivation Permanent grassland includes meadows and pastures 1320 Permanent grassland with scattered ineligible features (Pro-rata) introduced in October Extensive orchards permanent grassland + Permanent grassland permanent crops characteristics Attributes about grass coverage, fruit species, inoculation basis, number of plants, planting year, distance between plants (certain attributes are optional)

7 Permanent crops Hop fields 1211 Vineyards 1212 Nurseries Vitis vinifera 1221 Intensive orchards 1230 Olive groves 1240 Other permanent crops 1211 certain grape species (Noah, Othello, ), less common fruit species (dog rose, cornel, ), short rotation coppice Permanent crops Additional information about plantation and planting material (except 1212, 1240) Attributes about grass coverage, terraces, protection nets, irrigation, fruit species, inoculation basis, cultivated form, number of plants, planting year, distance between plants Special registry for wine and grape producers Important for statistics, research, taxation, excise duty Data about plantation (example: vineyard) Data about planting material + 7

8 The '5-year rule' from AL to PG Art. 4 (1) of Reg. 1307/2013: 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture (together referred to as ''permanent grassland'') means land used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (selfseed) or through cultivation (sown) and that has not been included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more Automatic detection on GSAA GERK LU ID = Fields + Crop type= grass or other herbaceous forage 6 th year in a row SI authorities are considering reinstating GERK with land use code 1130 temporary grassland, which would be counted as arable land more understandable for farmers Land cover in aspect of ETS 2015 ETS, version 6.0 a 'classification correctness test'is introduced to verify whether a reference parcel correctly differentiates between AL, PG, PC Classification correctness test is a relevant part of quality assessment framework Test requirement: for each land cover category (AL, PG, PC) the observed area should match the recorded area attributed to the reference parcel (RP) thresholds are the same as for the whole RP: 3 %, 5 %, 7 %; depending on the agriculture area of a certain LC category if thresholds are exceeded, RP is marked as non-conforming 8

9 ETS LC classification correctness test - example Area_recorded_PG = 1044 m 2 Area_recorded_PC = 1269 m 2 Area_recorded_whole RP = 2313 m 2 Area_observed_PG = 1431 m 2 Area_observed_PC = 826m 2 Area_observed_whole RP = 2257 m 2 Area_observed_PG/ Area_recorded_PG *100 = 137 % Area_observed_PC/ Area_recorded_PC *100 = 65 % Area_observed_whole RP/ Area_recorded_whole RP *100 = 97,6 % Despite area conformance RP is non-conforming ETS - really a non-conformity? According to ETS rules we delineate land coverbased on satellite image Farmer declares land use Inconsistency: farmer's delineation of PG might be correct if the farmer still had a vineyard in 2010 it does not become PG until 2016! (5-year rule) Google Earth 2010: a vineyard that means in ETS we had a LC class non-conforming RP that in fact should not be non-conforming! 5 year rule for PG must be taken into account - boundaries between AL, PC vs. PG not necessarily visible on satellite image.?can we use other data (older ortho, GSAA, Google, farmer s input, etc.)??how to proceed when there is no conclusive information available??discussion (not just for ETS): what is the correct land use for first 5 years of grass after PC was eliminated? 9

10 Issues regarding classification correctness test in ETS The possibility for a RP to be marked as non-conforming has increased: if a RP consists of more than one land cover category we do not check only one area/boundary anymore number of inspected items increases RP type dependent:more agricultural parcels in LPIS meansmore potential problems Should acceptance numbers be adapted? Relevant for QE4 (Categorization of non-conformities) and QE6 (Cumulated rate of non-conforming RP due to undetected land cover changes): from 2015 we have to count number of non-conformities (previously number of nonconforming RPs) -there can be more than one non-conformity per RP Should acceptance numbers be adapted? Should a land cover class non-conformity have the same weight as area nonconformity or contamination (e.g. newly constructed building)? 5-year rule for PG must be taken into account (already adressed by JRC) ETS 2015 results in light of LC classification correctness Sample = 1250 Measured = 1160 RPs with more than one LC category= 134 QE2 Non conforming RPs = 90/1160 LC class non-conforming RPs = 15/90 RP, where LC class is the only weakness = 11/15 Non conformities = 102/1160 QE4, QE6 LC class non-conformities = 22/102 Non-conformities, where LC class is the only weakness = 17/22 10

11 Thank you for your attention! 11