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General objectives: to protect the climate and the environment and to support the use of renewable energy sources, secondary sources and highly efficient combined heat and power cogeneration, to increase the share of renewable energy sources in the consumption of primary sources of energy in order to meet the defined objectives, to contribute to environment-friendly use of natural sources and to support sustainable development of the society, and to create conditions for meeting the obligatory target of renewable energy share in gross final consumption of energy in the Czech Republic, taking into account the interest of customers in minimizing the impact of support on energy prices for customers in the Czech Republic

Particular objective of the measure: to provide operational support for small biogas plants with installed capacity not exceeding 500 kW

General objectives: to protect the climate and the environment and to support the use of renewable energy sources, secondary sources and highly efficient combined heat and power cogeneration, to increase the share of renewable energy sources in the consumption of primary sources of energy in order to meet the defined objectives, to contribute to environment-friendly use of natural sources and to support sustainable development of the society, and to create conditions for meeting the obligatory target of renewable energy share in gross final consumption of energy in the Czech Republic, taking into account the interest of customers in minimizing the impact of support on energy prices for customers in the Czech Republic

Particular objective of the measure: to support the generation of electricity in highly efficient plants for combined heat and power cogeneration

To promote food, agricultural and fisheries policies, regulation and development based on scientific knowledge with due consideration to a sustainable utilisation and management and the terrestrial and aquatic resources (Priority is placed on the issues of environment, food quality, food safety, plant and animal health and animal welfare)

To promote organic farming

To promote green development and demonstration, innovation, research in the sectors of food, agriculture and fisheries

To support investments in animal welfare

To encourage environmentally friendly extensive cultivation of the areas and to minimize the risks of pollution of the ground water resources

To protect the aquatic environment, to protect and improve ecosystem and biotope conditions on agricultural land and to promote organic agricultural production

Sub-scheme 1 "Conversion to organic agricultural production": To support the conversion to organic farming; and

Sub-scheme 2 "Extensive production on agricultural land": To support extensive farming given that applicants must either comply with the rules for organic agricultural production or undertake not to use plant protection products and to limit the use of nitrogen

To promote sustainable agricultural enterprises and forest holdings through the development and application of new technologies, while also reducing undesirable effects on the surrounding society. Environmentally efficient technologies represent a growth area with considerable employment and export potential. The promotion of and support for knowledge exchange and incentives for using new efficient technologies to overcome environmental problems and initiate new production can help the agricultural, forestry and food sectors to remain competitive.

To promote biogas production.

Agriculture serving as an energy provider has a positive impact on green accounts. The government will ensure the best conditions for the further development of agriculture´s role as an energy provider. With the initiatives presented in Green Growth concerning biogas and combustion of manure by 2020, the Government expects energy usage to have increased from 5% of farm yard manure in 2008 to 50% in 2020.