Agri-environment Schemes

Agri-environment schemes provide funding to farmers and land managers to farm in a way that supports biodiversity, enhances the landscape, and improves the quality of water, air and soil.

Under the N Ireland Rural Development Programme 2007-13 two schemes are available:

These are part-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

The budget available for the agri-enviornment programme is £219 million, and the target is to maintain 40 percent of agricultural land under environmental enhancement agreement by 2013.

For more information read the pages on NICMS and OFS

For information on the Agri-environment schemes under the Rural Development Programme 2000-2006, particularly the Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme and Countryside Management Scheme, please read the page on Agri-environment schemes 1988-2006.