Republic of Macedonia Ministry of agriculture forestry and

Republic of Macedonia Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water economy Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) in Macedonia

Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) Organization structure LPIS Permanent crop registry Farm Register Landscape features registry MAFWE IACS Payment entitlements AFSARD Paying agency Registration of claims Control system

Establishment of LPIS • Adopted in 2008 an action plan for establishment of LPIS • 2008 – Farm Registry is established • 2008 –preparation of technical specification for system development and establishing LPIS Unit • 2009 – Farm Registry goes in production • 2009 (June – July) - preparation of ortophoto images, digitalization of farmer blocks and DTM (August – December) • 2010 – finalization of data control (October 2009 – March 2010) and training of the LPIS operators

Establishment of LPIS • 2011 – Farm Registry data used for registration of claims • 2011 – LPIS system goes in production • 2011 – 2012 – registration of all LPIS areas

Organization establishment • Legislation: – Legislation about agriculture and rural development – Legislation about the establishment of Paying Agency • MAFWE – establishment and maintenance of Farm Registry – establishemnt and maitenance of LPIS and related registers – central LPIS unit – 33 local units with 90 operators responsible for LPIS • Paying Agency – Managing and control of subsidies – Unit for control

LPIS Organization LPIS central unit within MAFWE Local/regional operators in MAFWE units HD QC Farmers

LPIS Data • Main sources – Farm registry – Aerial imagery (orthophoto) – Digital elevation model (DEM) – Initial LPIS blocks • Supportive datasets – Topographic map – Digital Cadastre plans – Cadastral municipalities

Orthophoto

CIR (color infra-red)

Digital elevation model

Initial LPIS blocks • Utilized agriculture area except pastures • Average area: 1. 4 ha • Number of polygons: 374. 123 LANDUSE ha Areable area 349. 881 Greenhouse 3. 513 Meadow 56. 578 Vineyard 29. 814 Orchard 9. 599 Mixed agriculture land 64. 814

Arable land

Permanent crops

Process • Registration of farm in Farm Registry – farm holder, bank account, cadastral parcels, documents • Digitization of LPIS parcels • Declaration of permanent crops

Farm Registry – basic farm data

Farm Registry – cadastral parcels

Farm Registry – view of LPIS parcels

LPIS – digitization of reference parcels Functions Map window Spatial layers List of LPIS parces Search cadastral parcels Overlapping Data about feature

LPIS - permanent crops

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