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Managing food supply: strategies to control the level and nature of production Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Managing food supply: strategies to control the level and nature of production Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The CAP today. The CAP now has three main aims: viable food production sustainable management of natural resources

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Managing food supply: strategies to control the level and nature of production Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

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  1. Managing food supply: strategies to control the level and nature of production Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

  2. The CAP today • The CAP now has three main aims: • viable food production • sustainable management of natural resources • climate action and balanced development of the EU's territory

  3. Strategies to reduce food production The most important change to CAP payments was linked to conservation measures and stewardship. Stewardship is about taking responsible care for the environment, based on the belief that we don’t own resources, but manage them for future generations.

  4. Natural England • In 2006, DEFRA (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) set up Natural England to work with farmers and landowners. • It aims to deliver four strategic outcomes: • A healthy and natural environment • Enjoyment of the natural environment • Sustainable use of the natural environment • A secure environmental future

  5. Environmental Stewardship • Environmental Stewardship is an agri-environmentscheme in England. • It provides funding to farmers and land managers to improve the natural beauty and diversity of the countryside. • Subsidies are linked to environmentally friendly farming practices, rather than production.

  6. The aims of Environmental Stewardship • Conserve wildlife (biodiversity) • Maintain and enhance landscape quality and character • Protect the historic environment and natural resources • Promote public access and understanding of the countryside • Protect natural resources • Conserve traditional livestock and crops

  7. How does it work? There are different levels of stewardship and each one comes with a different grant. Farmers who gain HLS grants have completed initiatives such as: • Providing ‘buffer zones’ around fields • Maintaining ponds and hedgerows • Restoring grasslands or wetlands Entry level Organic entry level Higher level stewardship

  8. Activity: Stewardship strategies Read the Environment Stewardship case study sheets and outline the strategies that the farmers have put in place to achieve each level.

  9. Prep EXAM QUESTION!

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