The British government announced on Thursday some measures presented as “the most significant improvements” made to the United Kingdom’s agricultural policy after its exit from the European Union, aimed at strengthening the country’s food security and taking into account environmental protection.
Highly anticipated in the post-Brexit agricultural world, these new measures “replace the bureaucratic European Common Agricultural Policy” (CAP), according to a press release published by the Ministry for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
These include “increased funding, simplified application processes, strengthened environmental incentives and support for the implementation of new technologies”,
They will provide “greater support for British farmers, strengthen supply chains and help deliver on the Government’s promise to continue to produce at least 60% of the food we consume in the UK”, assures the ministry.
In particular, it is planned to encourage farmers to “create habitats (for animals, ed.) and ensure that they are rewarded for maintaining these habitats”.
They will be able to receive £1,242 (€1,440) per hectare to connect rivers to habitats in floodplain areas.
Since its effective exit from the EU and the European Single Market on 1 January 2021, the UK has sought to strike across-the-board trade deals, sparking concern in the agricultural world.
Britain’s main agricultural union, the NFU, has criticized the deals with Australia and New Zealand, saying there will be “no limit to the number of goods” the two countries can export to the UK, whether meat such as beef than for dairy products. products.
The NFU, however, applauded the conclusion of a deal in March to join the CPTPP Trans-Pacific Free Trade Partnership, seeing the possibility of “new export opportunities”.
2024-01-04 14:31:33
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