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<p>We will continue to offer an improved and simplified Countryside Stewardship scheme
until 2024. We continue to see a sustained high level of engagement with the Countryside
Stewardship Scheme, and it provides a stepping stone to the Environmental Land Management
(ELM) scheme. From next year, as well as supporting farmers through schemes including
a farming resilience fund and sustainable productivity programme, we will be testing
and piloting ELM. We are considering what elements of ELM we could make available
as part of the transition to the full rollout of ELM in 2024, which could include
incentives for sustainable farming. We are currently working up these proposals in
more detail.</p>
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