RDE378 - Farmer Choice for Environmental Land Management Offer Combinations

The overarching research package will assess the viability of multiple offers across Countryside Stewardship Plus and the Sustainable Farming Incentive. This assessment will include: • The environmental considerations of carrying out multiple standards on the same land. • The logistical requirements for carrying out those standards together. • The legal and/or regulatory constraints which could prevent these standards from being carried out together. • The user needs - e.g., to what extent are farmers and landowners likely to engage in stacking certain standards together? What does/would motivate farmers and land managers to stack certain standards together? What are the intervention points where interventions could be targeted to help leverage these motivations?

The contract was awarded by Defra.