Evaluation of Defra's small capital grants schemes for Farmers

This contract has been awarded as part of the Rural Development Programme for England, which makes up Pillar II of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Defra administers a small productivity capital grants programme for farmers known as Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG). This scheme is now in it's third and final round. Defra is developing and delivering successor schemes as we move away from the CAP after EU-exit. One of these is a small capital grants scheme known as the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF).The first round of this capital grants scheme will be launched in the Autumn.