Frequently Asked Questions

The eFarmer portal offers a wide variety of actual and useful information related to agricultural issues i.e. current news, applicable notices, regulations, laws, and handbooks. Next tot this it offers information related to government aid for farmers in Europe and helps you to submit ONLINE and in 4 Steps ONLY all the necessary documents to the right rural administration offices which allows you to claim the specific financial aid your own farm is entitled to.  
The eFarmer portal offers the following services:

• Creation of a user profile for each farm/farmer
• Creation & administration of a farmer (or several farmers) either you personally or for farmers you represent (in case of no internet connection)
• Farm data accessible and editable by a specific farmer
• Finding the right scheme which comply to the farmer´s data and his/her farm
• Creation and checking of the aid application  for the scheme linked to your farm
• Storage of your application (form), option available to print the application form ready for posting it to the payment agency
• Search and access to information, news, handbooks, and other interesting agriculture related documents
• Access to eFarmer Learning System (eLearning) providing study materials, tests, and instruction manuals relating to aid schemes.

Why to use the services offered by the portal?

When you want to find out which agricultural aid schemes you are entitled to with your own farm; when you want to prepare your applications in electronic form; when you want to stay  informed on these issues in the most easy and favourable way; All these reasons should easily convince you to use the services offered by the eFarmer portal.
The functionality of this portal has been specifically designed with the user in mind: You insert basic data about a farmer (yourself or one of the farmers you represent), check out the respective aid scheme linked with your type of farm, and subsequently you can create and prepare your application by filling in the forms. After completion these forms will automatically being checked by the system, and consequently notifies you about errors in your completed forms. When everything has been completed and checked, the application (forms) can be downloaded to your PC, printed and eventually being sent to the payment agency.
Your applications will be stored online on the protal which will facilitate your future electronic claim submissions.

Why do I have to register?

 In order to gain access to the services offered by the eFarmer portal it is necessary to register, which is totally free. We only need your email address and some basic (optional) data. In case you are interested in receiving information related to claim submission, new application forms, information on agriculture related aid schemes, or any other agricultural issues, you have the opportunity to receive them in electronic form throught the eFarmer portal.
All data you providewill be subject to the rules of personal data protection policy. Your data are accessible for you only and no other persons can change, see, or handle them in any way.

How many farmers may I create under my user account?

In this stage of the project we do not limit the number of farmers that you intend to administer (their applications) under your user account. You are allowed to create a farmer for yourself, or other farmers whom you have the right to represent.

How many farms may the farmer have in the system?

In this stage of the project the number of farms you create for your farmer in the portal is not limited. In case your farmer has no farm in the records it is possible to create a farm in the eFarmer system as the so-called testing farm, to find the aid scheme linked with this testing farm type, and create online the corresponding application forms.
The completion of this farms system will be ready by 2007 when the change in aid schemes linked with farms is scheduled.

How many applications may I create?

The number of applications is not limited. How many of them you actually submit to the payment agency only depends on you. You are allowed to create test applications in the eFarmer portal.
You are allowed to create applications not only for you but also for your neighbour or your acquaintance as long as he/she has no internet connection and does not intend to create his/her own application.

What is the purpose of the "scenario" selection/setting?

With the help of scenario you have the opportunity to find out the aid scheme subsidy and to create your own aid scheme related application for a specific farmer and his farm. You apply the scenario on a  farmer (and his farms) you are interested in to find out his aid scheme related subsidies.

What to do if the farmer has no farm kept on records?

To find out a certain aid scheme subsidy it is necessary to select a scenario (= select a farmer and his farm). In case the farmer has no farm kept on records, create the so-called testing farm that would identify the farmer´s actual agricultural land (and not his farm). Thereafter the testing farm may be used for completing the scenario and finding the right aid scheme subsidy.

Do I have to delete the applications after their completion and printing?

This is not necessary. On the contrary, we recommend you to keep them all, as completed by you, in the eFarmer system portal. All the inserted data are protected and accessible for you only. You have the possibility to access, read, consult, print these applications and add, or modify your data. When preparing and editing a new application you are allowed to use data from previously prepared applications stored on the eFarmer Portal.

Do I have access to all information in the portal?

Yes. All the information materials, documents, news, references, handbooks are available in this stage of the project for all the registered users. Of course, personal data entered by you concerning you, your farmers, and data inserted in applications are accessible for you only. No one else has access to these data and cannot use them in any way.

Will other eFarmer portal services be added?

Yes. We prepare new services for you to facilitate handling your applications, and procedures which will simplify access to other important information in the area of agriculture. In order to be able to offer these services in a form most suitable to you, we are expecting feedback from you. (efarmer@efarmer.sk)

Which other services do you intend to offer in the eFarmer portal?

This depends also on you.