Fis Ionawr, cyhoeddais y byddai trefniadau talu newydd Colofn 1 y PAC - Cynllun y Taliad Sylfaenol - yn seiliedig ar ddosbarthu tir ffermydd Cymru yn dri rhanbarth: Rhostir, Ardal dan Anfantais Fawr a rhanbarth arall sy’n cyfuno Ardal dan Anfantais a Llawr Gwlad. Y bwriad oedd cydnabod gwahanol ansawdd tir a sefydlu system dalu ranbarthol, wahaniaethol. System ranbarthol fel hon yw’r dewis polisi gorau sy’n amharu leiaf ar daliadau’r hawlwyr cyfredol; a dyna’r nod yr wyf i a’r undebau a rhanddeiliaid eraill wedi cytuno arno ers tro byd, sydd o bwysigrwydd hanfodol o ran diogelu sefydlogrwydd a lles diwydiant ffermio Cymru wrth drosglwyddo’n ddiogel i system daliadau seiliedig ar ardaloedd erbyn 2019.
In January I announced that the new CAP Pillar 1 payment arrangements – the Basic Payment Scheme – would be based on Welsh farmland being classified in three payment regions: moorland, SDA, and DA / lowland in a combined region.  These recognised the different agricultural qualities of land and would be a base for a differential regional payment system.  A regional system is the best policy choice to achieve the least disruption to current claimants’ payments; a goal on which I and the unions and other stakeholder bodies have long agreed is of fundamental importance for the stability and well being of Welsh farming in securing a safe transition to a wholly area based payment system by 2019.