Farmed environments are essential links in the food production chain. Not only do they offer sustenance to a growing human population, but these areas also have a high nature value, they help improve ...

In response to the urgent matters related to intensive farming, a successful example of agri-environmental collective scheme in the Netherlands uses a mechanism-based approach to investigate the ...

Agri-environment schemes can significantly increase local bird and butterfly populations without damaging food production, a long-term research project has found. Scientists spent a decade intensively ...

A new comprehensive survey has highlighted an urgent need to enable more farmers and contractors to revive England’s hedgerows to meet national restoration targets. While agri-environment schemes (AES ...

The charts show the relationship between the percentage of a country’s gross domestic product generated by the agriculture industry and how many national agri-environmental policies it has. Richer ...

Ireland today unveiled a new €1.5bn Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme that it says is ‘user friendly for farmers’ and will deliver ‘broader environmental and biodiversity benefits’. But the ...

Alongside many other negotiations, the government is working on plans for a new Environmental Land Management system (ELMs), which it hopes will bring thousands of farmers back to agri-environmental ...

A common belief among farmers, though one generally uttered quietly, is that their neighbours could be doing a better job. Perhaps they have sown wheat too early, or failed to tackle weeds. The same ...

Minister Martin Heydon has confirmed that 122,151 farmers applied online for BISS and other area-based schemes before the ...

Farmers in Northern Ireland will be able to apply for the next round of the Farming with Nature Transition scheme from next month, subject to final approvals. NI agriculture minister Andrew Muir ...