Supporting New Rural Support Scheme
Evidence to Support Development of a New Rural Support Scheme for Scotland: A summary of written outputs.
The NISRIE principle investigator lead a team of experts from SRUC, the James Hutton Institute, Pareto Consulting and ICF to deliver a series of Scottish Government commissioned analytical and conceptual papers on future agricultural support in Scotland. The work builds on the the work embedded in previous Strategic Research Programmes and is closely aligned to NISRIE objectives on the Rural Economy and in particular the impact that evolving agricultural support may have on rural and Island economies and Communities.
To help progress its own unique approach to agricultural policy that supports sustainable food production and tackles climate change and nature restoration, the Scottish Government commissioned work in 2021 to provide expert advice and analytical support to help consider future policy options available for Scotland.
The programme of work consisted of (i) evidence reviews; (ii) conceptual, expert, think pieces (e.g. Basic Payment Scheme Regions, delivery framework, incentivising nature restoration); and, (iii) analytical evidence. In total twelve written reports were provided to the Scottish Government, in addition to numerous informal discussions with officials, presentations of concepts and findings to officials, and presentations to the Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board. This report reproduces the summaries from each of the 12 individual written reports.
- Summary of Future Agricultural Policy Proposals for Northern Ireland (Steven Thomson & Andrew Moxey - 2022)
- BPS regionalisation options – some conceptual considerations (Steven Thomson, Keith Matthews and Andrew Moxey - 2022)
- Summary of Delinking and Lump Sum Direct Payments in England (Steven Thomson & Andrew Moxey - 2022)
- Summary of the Agricultural Common Support Framework (Steven Thomson & Andrew Moxey - 2022)
- ‘Actively Farmed Hectares’ - Data analysis and policy considerations (Steven Thomson, Keith Matthews , Douglas Wardell-Johnson, Dave Miller and Andrew Moxey - 2022)
- Basic Payment Regionalisation Options - Analysis of Spend and Redistribution Implications (Keith Matthews , Douglas Wardell-Johnson, Dave Miller, Steven Thomson, and Andrew Moxey - 2022)
- Methane mitigation by feed supplements (John Newbold, Carol-Anne Duthie, Andrew Moxey and Steven Thomson - 2022)
- EU Member States’ CAP Strategic Plans (Andrew Moxey, Steven Thomson & John Elliott - 2022)
- Calving Intervals in Scotland’s Cattle Population: Conditionality Options (Steven Thomson, Ian Archibald, Mark Lawson, Tim Gerghaty, Andrew Moxey and Mike Coffey - 2023)
- Protection of Peatlands and Wetlands – a potential new GAEC measure for Scotland (Steven Thomson, Keith Matthews, Dave Miller, Douglas Wardell-Johnson, Zisis Gagkas and Andrew Moxey - 2023)
- Conceptual delivery approach for Tier 2 enhanced conditionality of agricultural support in Scotland (Steven Thomson and Andrew Moxey - 2023)
- Key considerations when including biodiversity measures within environmental conditionality (Davy McCracken & Steven Thomson - 2023)
Authors: Steven Thomson, Andrew Moxey and Keith Matthews
Funded by RESAS: Commissioned project on Economic Advice & Related Services to Support Development of a New Rural Support Scheme for Scotland (Ref: RESAS/005/21
The summary report can be read using the download link below.
