May 6, 2021 9:21 am
The impact of an 85% convergence in the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) could have a serious impression on the level of direct payments made to farmers with entitlements above the national average – in some cases potentially slashing payments by one third.
This is according to new modelling on payment entitlements under Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform published this month by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
However, the department stresses that, as the discussions on the new CAP are ongoing, the options available to member states will not be clear until this process is concluded
The modelling exercise focused on payment entitlement unit values under the proposed Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) – the successor to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) – but does not look at any proposed eco-schemes, for which 20% of CAP funds will be ring-fenced.