and (i) animal welfare. Unlike most of the other Member States, Romanian eco-schemes do not include support for improved fertilisation and for the sustainable use of pesticides (EC, 2023[28]). large sized agricultural holdings (in this case, only farms larger than 10 ha) and promotes, among others, the cultivation of protein plants, covering soils during the warmest months of the year and reserving arable land for fallow and other non-productive uses. The second eco-scheme targets small traditional farms, encouraging them to adopt similar practices as the first eco-scheme, while the third eco-scheme intends to incentivise farmers to cover with grass rows some parts of land covered with orchards, vineyards, scheme budget aim at enhancing animal welfare.