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Environmental Land Management Schemes

Commons · Question 5245 · Tabled 10 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Sep 2024

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Asked by Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to enable agri-environment agreement applications before the current agreements expire.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 25 Sep 2024

Farmers with existing agri-agreements can apply to enter the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) if the activities under each scheme are compatible and they will not be paid twice for a similar activity on the same area of land at the same time. We are fu...