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Type of crop Required sale of production, * Lt ha -1

In suitable for farming areas

Cereals 350

Vegetables, potatoes, medicinal herbs 1050

Orchards 1600

Small-fruit plants 1000

In less suitable for farming areas

Cereals 180

Vegetables, potatoes, medicinal herbs 600

Orchards 900

Small-fruit plants 600

Note. *-1 Lt=0.290 €; 1 €=3.4528 Lt. Source: National Paying Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture, http://
www.nma.lt/index.php?lang=2

Table 7. Required compulsory realization of organic production for farms participating in programme “Organic
agriculture” in suitable and less suitable areas for farming

Owners of Lithuanian organic farms receiving subsidies by the programme “Organic agricul‐
ture” contract to:

• participate in the programme “Organic agriculture” and to keep organic requiremets at least
five years from the submition of the application;

• to submit application for subsidy and declare crops each year;

• to keep integrated support interconnect requirements;

• to keep the main requirements;

• to return all paid subsidies by “Organic agriculture” programme if implementation of the
programme would be suspended before the term (except special circumstances);

• to run organic agriculture on the same agricultural land, i.e. on the same field plots and
every year to declare contracted areas;

• within period of contract do not decrease contracted area more than 3% and do not increase
it more than 2 ha;

• to run accountancy according to the regulations of law;