Case Study: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine modernizes EU farmer payments with Version 1

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine delivers €1.2 billion in EU payments with Version 1

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, a government department responsible for distributing EU agricultural funds, faced a significant challenge. Its legacy systems were struggling to manage complex, constantly evolving EU regulations and efficiently deliver payments to Irish farmers. Version 1 was engaged to provide a complete technology overhaul and modernize these core payment systems.

Version 1 designed and built new payment processing and entitlements management systems using future-proofed technologies like Java. Their agile approach allowed for incremental delivery and the flexibility to accommodate last-minute regulatory changes. The solution was highly successful, resulting in Ireland being one of the first EU countries to make payments. In its first year, the new system issued over €1.2 billion to farmers, with 93% of farmers receiving an advance payment on the first day.

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine