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Ar 23 Tachwedd 2010, cyhoeddais fy mod yn sefydlu grŵp annibynnol, gyda ffermwyr o bob cwr o Gymru yn aelodau ohono a than gadeiryddiaeth Rees Roberts, i adolygu Elfen Cymru Gyfan cynllun Glastir, sef y trefniadau fferm gyfan newydd ar gyfer rheoli tir yn gynaliadwy yng Nghymru a fydd yn dechrau yn 2012\.  Pwrpas yr adolygiad yw dysgu o rownd gyntaf ceisiadau’r cynllun a gwneud argymhellion i wneud yr opsiynau o dan yr Elfen Cymru Gyfan yn fwy deniadol i’r gymuned ffermio.  Fel y dywedais ar y pryd, doeddwn i ddim am adolygu egwyddorion sylfaenol y cynllun na’r canlyniadau amgylcheddol y mae’r cynllun yn ceisio eu gwireddu.


Cyflwynodd Rees Roberts adroddiad y grŵp annibynnol ar 16 Mawrth ac amgaeir copi.


Rwy’n ddiolchgar am waith caled y grŵp a’r amser a neilltuwyd ganddynt i ystyried cymhlethdodau amrywiol yr Elfen Cymru Gyfan ac am baratoi adroddiad cynhwysfawr sy’n ceisio cadw’r ddysgl yn wastad rhwng problemau gweithredu’r cynllun ar lefel y fferm â darparu canlyniadau amgylcheddol mesuradwy, a hynny yn unol â gofynion y Comisiwn Ewropeaidd.  Hoffwn ddiolch i aelodau unigol y grŵp adolygu a’u cadeirydd Rees Roberts am y gwaith hwn a mawr yw fy nghroeso i’w hadroddiad.


Rwyf wastad wedi bod yn glir mai llinyn mesur llwyddiant Glastir yn y pen draw fydd faint o ffermwyr unigol fydd am gymryd rhan ynddo ac mae’r adroddiad yn gosod sylfaen gadarn ar gyfer cyflwyno newidiadau i gaboli’r cynllun ymhellach.  Dylid edrych ar fy mhenderfyniadau heddiw fel rhan o broses barhaus i bwyso a mesur yn rheolaidd berthnasedd y cymorth sy’n cael ei roi trwy Gynllun Datblygu Gwledig Cymru i reolwyr tir.  Cafodd adolygiadau tebyg eu cynnal gyda chynlluniau’r gorffennol fel Tir Gofal, Tir Cynnal a Tir Mynydd, hefyd.


Mae’r grŵp wedi gwneud cyfanswm o 69 o argymhellion ac amgaeaf fy ymateb i’r argymhellion unigol.


Rwy’n fwy na bodlon derbyn mwyafrif yr argymhellion yn yr adroddiad gan y byddan nhw, yn fy marn i, yn ehangu apêl yr Elfen Cymru Gyfan, yn enwedig i’r ffermwyr hynny sydd wedi estyn eu cynlluniau Tir Gofal a Tir Cynnal i bara tan ddiwedd 2013\.  Yn arbennig, byddai gostwng y trothwy i leiafswm o 14 o bwyntiau yr hectar a thalu £14 yr hectar (neu £16\.80 yn yr Ardal Lai Ffafriol) heb os o fantais i ffermydd mwy dwys.  Daw’r trothwy is hwn i rym ar unwaith gan ganiatáu i ffermwyr ymuno â’r Cynllun Lleihau Carbon Amaethyddol (ACRES) ond nid Elfen wedi’i Thargedu Glastir.  Rwyf wedi dweud wrth swyddogion i lunio mecanwaith i gefnogi cynhyrchwyr organig ardystiedig, o gofio fy mod wedi derbyn yr argymhelliad i beidio â haneru’r pwyntiau Glastir sydd eu hangen ar ffermwyr organig.  Rwy’n fwy na pharod i dderbyn yr argymhelliad i ailystyried sail costio cyfraddau talu’r Elfen Cymru Gyfan er mwyn adlewyrchu’r newidiadau yn y costau sefydlog a phrisiau’r farchnad sydd wedi digwydd ers lansio’r cynllun.  Hefyd, dw i’n barod i dderbyn bod angen mwy o hyblygrwydd yn rhai o opsiynau’r Elfen Cymru Gyfan, heb aberthu eu canlyniadau amgylcheddol, trwy gyflwyno opsiynau ychwanegol sy’n ymwneud â’r gofyn am 2m o bobtu perthi/gwrychoedd. 


Caiff rhai o’r newidiadau, yn sgil yr argymhellion rwyf wedi’u derbyn, eu rhoi ar waith ar unwaith a byddant ar gael i’r ymgeiswyr presennol.  Caiff yr ymgeiswyr hyn gyfle ddechrau blwyddyn nesaf i adolygu’u contractau Elfen Cymru Gyfan i ystyried newidiadau pellach i’r cynllun o ganlyniad i’r adolygiad.  Bydd contractau’r ymgeiswyr hyn yn cychwyn yn unol â’r bwriad ar 1 Ionawr 2012\.  Byddwn yn cynnal y cyfarfodydd arolygu cyntaf rhwng ffermwyr a’m swyddogion yn nhair Swyddfa Ranbarthol Materion Gwledig yng Nghymru o fis Gorffennaf 2011\.  Yn y cyfamser, caiff rhai o’r ymgeiswyr hyn eu hystyried ar gyfer y Cynllun Lleihau Carbon Amaethyddol (ACRES) o dan Glastir ac ar gyfer ymuno â’r Elfen wedi’i Thargedu Glastir yn 2013\.


Cyn belled â’m bod yn gallu eu derbyn mewn egwyddor, bydd newidiadau eraill sy’n cael eu cynnig gan yr adolygiad yn cael eu datblygu ymhellach gan fy swyddogion cyn gwneud penderfyniad terfynol arnynt.  Rwyf wedi dweud wrth fy swyddogion i ddechrau ar y gwaith hwn ar unwaith gan fy mod wedi’i gwneud yn glir y bydd angen ymgorffori rhagor o newidiadau yn y rownd ymgeisio nesaf am yr Elfen Cymru Gyfan a fydd yn agor ar 1 Rhagfyr 2011 ac yn cau 29 Chwefror 2012\.  Caiff pecyn cymorth cynhwysfawr sy’n cynnwys hyfforddiant ar y fferm a chymorthfeydd personol i esbonio’r newidiadau pellach hyn i ffermwyr ei gyhoeddi yn yr haf.





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* #### Grŵp adolygu annibynnol Glastir: ymatebion i'r argymhellion,
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Translation:


 
On 23 November 2010 I announced the setting up of an independent group, made up of farmers from across all of Wales, and chaired by Rees Roberts, to review the All\-Wales Element of the Glastir scheme, the new arrangements for farm\-based sustainable land management in Wales that is to become operational in 2012\. The purpose of the review was to capture practical learning from the first round of applications to join the scheme and to make recommendations to enhance the attractiveness of actions under the All\-Wales Element to the farming community. As I made clear at the time, the underpinning principles and stated environmental outcomes sought from the scheme were not under review.


Rees Roberts formally presented the independent group’s report on 16 March and a copy is attached.


I am grateful for the time and extensive effort made by the group in considering the wide range of complexities associated with the All\-Wales Element and for providing a comprehensive report that seeks to balance on\-farm implementation issues with the delivery of measurable environmental outcomes, consistent with the European Commission requirements. I would like to thank the individual review group members and their chair Rees Roberts for this work and I very much welcome their report. 


I have always been clear that the success of Glastir, ultimately, will be measured by the scale of individual farmer participation and the report provides a sound basis for introducing change to further refine the scheme. My decisions today should be viewed as part of an on\-going process to regularly review the relevance of land management support via the Wales Rural Development Plan, as has been the case with previous schemes such as Tir Gofal, Tir Cynnal and Tir Mynydd.


The group has made a total of 69 recommendations and my response to the individual recommendations is also attached.


I am happy to accept the majority of the recommendations contained with the report as I believe they will widen the appeal of the All\-Wales Element, particularly for those farmers whose extended Tir Gofal and Tir Cynnal schemes run through to the end on 2013\. In particular providing a reduced entry threshold at a minimum of 14 points per hectare, at a payment rate at £14 per hectare (or £16\.80 within the Less Favoured Area) will be of specific benefit to more intensive farm businesses; this lower threshold will be introduced immediately and allow entry to the Agricultural Carbon Reduction and Efficiency Scheme (ACRES) but not to the Targeted Element of Glastir. Officials have been instructed to work up a mechanism for continued support for certified organic producers, given my acceptance to the recommendation to remove the Glastir points reduction that was to apply to the organic sector. I can readily accept the recommendation to revisit the costing basis for the All\-Wales Element payment rates to reflect changes in fixed costs and market prices that have occurred since the scheme’s launch. Also, I am prepared to accept the need for providing greater flexibility within some of the All\-Wales Element actions, without compromising environmental outcomes, through introducing additional options relating to 2 metre requirements on hedging.


Some of the changes, made as a result of the recommendations I have accepted, will be implemented immediately and will be available to the current applicants. These applicants will have an opportunity in the early part of next year to review their All\-Wales Element contracts to take into account further changes to the scheme resulting from the review. Contracts for these applicants will commence as planned on 1 January 2012\. The first application reviews, between farmers and my officials at the three Rural Affairs Divisional offices in Wales, will take place from July 2011 onwards. In the meantime some of these applicants will also be considered for and the Agricultural Carbon Reduction and Efficiency Scheme (ACRES) under Glastir and also for entry, in 2013, to the Targeted Element of Glastir.


Other changes proposed by the review that I can accept in principle will require further development and work by officials before a final decision can be made. Officials have been instructed to start this work immediately as I have made clear that further changes will need to be incorporated into the preparation for the next application round for the All\-Wales Element that will open on 1 December 2011 and close on 29 February 2012\. A comprehensive support package including on\-farm training and one\-to\-one surgeries that will inform farmers about these further changes will be rolled\-out this summer.





### Documents


* #### Glastir: All Wales element \- Independent review March 2011 ,
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* #### Glastir Independent Review Group: Responses to Recommendations ,
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