Areas facing natural constraints (ANC) in Slovenia have been entitled for various forms of public since 1980s for continuing farming, because these areas are often attributed with natural handicaps which make farming harder. Initially, support was given in the form of government investments in infrastructure, later after independence of Slovenia in form of coupled compensatory payments and after 2000 in form of decoupled compensatory payments. After Slovenia’s accession to the EU, ANC compensatory payments have been carried out as a part of the Common agricultural policy. This B. Sc. Thesis also discusses likely changes to the Common agricultural policy and how these may affect the ANC scheme. B. Sc. Thesis concludes with a set of proposal on additional interventions that can be used for tackling viable farm income in ANC and on the improvements to the monitoring and evaluation framework.
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