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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
UK government department for environment, food and rural affairs.
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UK-wide
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Overview
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) sets and funds UK policy on farming, fisheries, food, the natural environment and rural communities. In England it administers the post-CAP farming schemes that replaced the Basic Payment Scheme.
What they fund
- Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) — paid environmental actions on farmland
- Countryside Stewardship — habitat and landscape management agreements
- Landscape Recovery — long-term, large-scale habitat restoration
- Farming Investment Fund (Equipment and Productivity grants)
- Farming Innovation Programme (with Innovate UK)
- Tree planting and woodland creation grants
Typical applicant
Farmers, growers, foresters, land managers and rural businesses in England. Devolved nations administer their own equivalent schemes.
Funding instruments
Multi-year agreementsOne-off capital grantsInnovation grants
Application routes
- Rural Payments Agency portal (most schemes)
- Forestry Commission for woodland-creation grants
- Innovate UK for Farming Innovation Programme strands
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UK government department for environment, food and rural affairs.