National farmers registry system in supporting agricultural subsidies in Kosovo

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to introduce the importance and the ways of development of a national farmer's registry system in supporting the subsidy process in Kosovo. Herein, in detail is described the necessity to create such a system, the methodology of registration, system architecture, analysis of existing data and finally a proposal for potential further extension of this system. Based on the need for continued support of the agriculture sector, since 2010 the Government of Kosovo started to support the farmers through agricultural subsidies. However, the implementation of this process requires a precise identification of the number of farmers and their farm type that they possess. Therefore, the farmer registration initially started in order to identify the number of those who possess different farms in the country, and also a preliminary planning of the state budget necessary for the implementation of the subsidy system. This paper examines how the farmers register system has been developed which enables a better and a more efficient management of this process. In addition to this review, a conclusion is provided with some recommendations for further development in this field with special attention to integrate the spatial component as well.

Keywords

• registry
• agriculture
• farmers
• subsidy
• spatial component