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Exchanging information and practical experience on payments for biodiversity achievements in agriculture Find out about the latest thinking on existing results-based agri-environment schemes, their...
View ArticleSharing agri-environment knowledge
Results-based agri-environment schemes – a new project to share knowledge This project – initiated and funded by the European Parliament and managed by DG Environment – brings together information and...
View ArticleWhat are results-based schemes?
What are results-based schemes and how do they differ from other approaches? Results-based payments are agri-environment type schemes where farmers and land managers are paid for “delivering” an...
View ArticleState-of-the-art thinking on results-based schemes
On 23-24 September we will be hosting an interactive conference in Brussels to share understanding and knowledge about results-based payment schemes across EU Member States and EFTA countries. Ninety...
View ArticleWorkshop – What can Sweden learn from German results-based schemes?
The inclusion of results-based payment schemes in agriculture is certainly not a ‘new’ concept with schemes and trials running since the late 1980’s. Yet we are beginning to see more Member States and...
View ArticlePayment calculations and controls
For those of you who could not join the RBAPS conference in Brussels last month and for those who did and have more to say, we would like to encourage your contributions to the discussion on these 3...
View ArticleWhat makes schemes work from farmers’ perspectives
For those of you who could not join the RBAPS conference in Brussels at the end of September and for those who did and have more to say, we would like to encourage your contributions to the discussion...
View ArticleLes Prairies Fleuries – France’s species-rich grasslands competition
Bees, botanists and biodiversity can boost dairy farming When Berthus-Jans Bootsma moved to south west France from the Netherlands in 2005, he was amazed by the beauty of many of his flowering meadows....
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