Methodology
Average DP/ha paid to beneficiaries below average farm size * 100
Average DP/ha paid to all beneficiaries
For this indicator two average amounts of direct payments per hectare need to be calculated and compared:
(1) The average direct payments per hectare for the sub-population of beneficiaries below the average farm size during the relevant financial year.
(2) The average direct payments per hectare for the whole population of beneficiaries during the relevant financial year;
for more details for the methodology see result indicator fiche
Comments
-Coupled income support to livestock payments are accounted into the numerator.
-Cotton is excluded from this indicator, as the Member States have no margin of manoeuvre on this intervention: the amounts to be paid are laid down in the legislation.
-Support to Areas with Natural Constraints (ANC) is not included here because although supporting income, the indicator aims at measuring the redistribution of direct payments. ANC support is included in R.7.