A record of the research impact achieved by academics researchers at Queen s Management School, part of Queen s University Belfast., Research on environmental governance, as part of the Brexit & Environment network, has highlighted the importance of independent institutions and the danger of over-centralisation. The research impact was recognised through a prestigious award.
Farmers set for post-Brexit subsidy boost
Agriculture sector fears proposals to replace EU subsidies could drive people out of industry and put strain on the Union
8 May 2021 • 3:00pm
Ministers are considering boosting payments to farmers under the new post-Brexit subsidy programme after concerns were raised in trials that support on offer is too low.
Officials are testing a new financial support scheme that will be vital for keeping farms afloat – but some of those taking part in the trials warned of a shortfall in suggested payment rates.
Payment levels are being reviewed by the Government and could be changed to make them more attractive to farmers who are currently heavily reliant on state support, sources said.
This article is part of our special report (Agri-food) life after Brexit.
The UK has promised a greener and more pleasant land after breaking free of the EU’s farming subsidy programme. But some warn that the new plans could leave small farms at a disadvantage and leave British farmers on uneven and uncertain ground.
“Now that we have left the EU, new payments and incentives will reward farmers for farming more sustainably, creating space for nature on their land, enhancing animal welfare and reducing carbon emissions,” UK environment secretary George Eustice told the national farmer’s union conference in February of this year.
Strains on the United Kingdom
A border inside the UK brings Northern Ireland closer to the republic
It could even affect a future referendum on Irish unification
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IKE MANY people, Viviane Gravey became more interested in gardening during lockdown. She bought dill and lettuce seeds from Real Seeds, a firm in Wales, and grew them on her balcony. But next year’s crop will have to come from another source, for the firm emailed her to say that, because of the new border in the Irish Sea, it would no longer sell to Northern Ireland.
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