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<p>Environmental land management is the foundation of our new approach to farming.
Our new schemes will pay for sustainable farming practices (such as reducing carbon
emissions, creating, and preserving habitat, and making landscape-scale environmental
changes) and improvements to animal health and welfare.</p><p> </p><p>The Sustainable
Farming Incentive (SFI) pays farmers for actions that support food production and
can help improve farm productivity and resilience, while protecting and improving
the environment. On 21 June 2023, we announced the new and improved SFI 2023 offer
– containing 23 actions which will offer farmers additional actions and more flexibility
to choose the actions they want to get paid for. When adopted at scale, these actions
will support sustainable food production and contribute towards the environmental
targets set out in the government’s Environmental Improvement Plan. Farmers were invited
to register their interest in SFI 2023 from 30 August, and can sign up from 18 September.</p><p>
</p><p>The Landscape Recovery scheme supports a regenerative approach to agriculture.
It focusses on restoring nature across a wider landscape, bringing together landowners
and managers who want to take a more large-scale, long-term approach to producing
environmental and climate goods on their land. Projects involving elements of regenerative
farming can apply - with round two LR pilot applications closing on 21 September 2023.</p><p>
</p><p>Our Countryside Stewardship scheme includes actions that can form part of a
regenerative or restorative farming approach; to improve soil quality, enhance biodiversity,
decrease water pollution, and restore, create, and manage habitats. We are expanding
the scheme to make around 30 additional actions available to farmers by the end of
2024, as well as targeting our funding towards actions in places where they can have
the biggest impacts, in ways that are joined up across larger areas.</p><p> </p><p>We
are also offering farmers and land managers, including those who take a regenerative
approach, funding for equipment, technology, and infrastructure that improves farm
productivity and benefits the environment through the Farming Investment Fund. This
offers funding for equipment, technology, and infrastructure that improves farm productivity
and benefits the environment.</p><p> </p><p>The Farming Innovation Programme encourages
groups of farmers, growers, businesses, and researchers to get involved in collaborative
research and development. Farmers testing out regenerative approaches to agriculture
will be able to apply for these grants, and we believe that by working together, they
will be able to solve challenges and exploit opportunities for increasing productivity
and environmental sustainability in the agricultural and horticultural sectors in
England.</p>
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