The proposal for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) inquiry

Petetin, Ludivine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9853-477X 2024. The proposal for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) inquiry. [Discussion Paper]. Cardiff: Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee of the Senedd. Available at: https://business.senedd.wales/documents/s146302/Pa...

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Abstract

The amount of required land allocated for environmental purposes appears to problematic as the proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme imposes to all farms that want to receive financial support to allocate at least 10% of their land to tree planting and an additional 10% of land to semi-natural habitats. Farmers are concerned about the impact of this requirement on food production (including food security of the UK) and their livelihoods/incomes. The idea with Brexit was to do things and take decisions more locally that would be in line with the local and rural context. And yet, such blanket decisions, such as the Scheme’s rule on 10% tree cover and a further 10% managed as habitat are not adaptable to all local conditions across Wales. These matters recall the ‘land sparing’ versus ‘land sharing’ argument

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff Law & Politics
Additional Information:	Evidence submission
Publisher:	Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee of the Senedd
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	15 April 2024
Date of Acceptance:	12 March 2024
Last Modified:	19 Apr 2024 09:46
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/167977

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