Summary
FARMING and conservation groups will today join the Government in an agreement to help farmers and landowners protect and enhance the nation's countryside.
The Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) aims to retain the environmental benefits previously provided by set-aside (where farmers were paid to leave fields uncultivated) under the Single Farm Payment Scheme in three categories - resource protection, farmland birds, and wildlife.See the full content of this document
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New Scheme to Protect the Countryside
The fact that the scheme is industry-led and voluntary is seen as the most viable alternative to ret...
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