Preparing the Evidence Base for Post-Brexit agriculture in Scotland – case studies on alternative payments

Nic Lampkin; Shailesh Shrestha; Anna Sellars; David Baldock; Jo Smith; Samantha Mullender; C Keenleyside; Bruce Pearce; CA Watson

Preparing the Evidence Base for Post-Brexit agriculture in Scotland – case studies on alternative payments

Nic Lampkin^*, Shailesh Shrestha, Anna Sellars, David Baldock, Jo Smith, Samantha Mullender, C Keenleyside, Bruce Pearce, CA Watson

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Abstract

Leaving the European Union will present significant challenges to the farming industry, and
creative change is required for a new agricultural policy after the transition period. Many farms
rely on public support and there is a need to review possible solutions that will replace and
improve on the Common Agricultural Policy, for both the industry and wider society. In
particular, could the resources currently spent on CAP basic and coupled payments be
redirected to pay for the delivery of public environmental goods? This study aims to contribute
to preparing the evidence for post-Brexit agricultural and environmental support in this context.
The results are intended to provide a basis for discussion and an illustration of how various
proposals for supporting agriculture and the environment after exiting the EU could be applied.
The objectives of this study are to:
 illustrate how the concept of public money for public goods could be realised across a range of farm types in Scotland;
 using case studies, make a comparison of current agricultural support with alternative proposals for rewarding farmers for the delivery of environmental public goods;
 assess the impact on farm income of the various proposals compared with current pillar 1 and pillar 2 payments on the selected farms; and
 discuss the feasibility

Original language	English
Publisher	NatureScot
Commissioning body	Nature Scot
Number of pages	112
ISBN (Print)	978-1-78391-851-5
Publication status	Print publication - 2021

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Name	Research Report No. 1201

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This report, or any part of it, should not be reproduced without the permission of Scottish Natural Heritage (hereinafter referred to as "NatureScot"). This permission will not be withheld unreasonably. The views expressed by the author(s) of this report should not be taken as the views and policies of NatureScot.

Keywords

public goods
agri-environment
policy
environmental maintenance
conservations agriculture
organic farming
habitat conservation
nature restoration

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ScotFarm - a farm level optimising model
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Lampkin, N., Shrestha, S., Sellars, A., Baldock, D., Smith, J., Mullender, S., Keenleyside, C., Pearce, B., & Watson, CA. (2021). Preparing the Evidence Base for Post-Brexit agriculture in Scotland – case studies on alternative payments. (Research Report No. 1201 ). NatureScot. https://www.nature.scot/sites/default/files/2021-02/Publication%202021%20-%20NatureScot%20Research%20Report%201201%20-%20Preparing%20for%20Post-Brexit%20agriculture%20in%20Scotland%20-%20case%20studies%20on%20alternative%20payments.pdf

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