SFI pilot: Farmers 'will be paid for simply meeting the law'

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Efforts to move agricultural support in a more sustainable direction appear to be faltering, say conservation groups, with farmers set to be paid for what are already regulatory requirements.
Commenting on Defra’s new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot scheme – details of which were released yesterday – Ellie Brodie, Wildlife Trusts head of land management, said the government appeared to be losing its environmental ambition.
“We will be looking extremely closely at the standards, but at worst it appears that some could pay for what is already included in regulation, such as watercourse buffering,” she said.
“Paying some farmers to do what all are required to do by law, or for parts of cross-compliance, does not provide value for taxpayer money.”

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