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Farmers could receive payments for meeting environment and climate goals

By Hicbd
Tue Aug 31 2021 9:40 am

"The 'green direct payment' initiative requires that farmers follow three mandatory practices. These include dedicating 5% of land that is beneficial to biodiversity (ecological focus areas), diversifying crops to strengthen soils and maintaining permanent grassland to protect habitats and support carbon sequestration."

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/07/29/fact-check-danish-farmers-not-required-grow-flowers-bees/5404143001/
https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/key-policies/common-agricultural-policy/income-support/greening_en#aimsofgreening

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Environment Agriculture / Farming Government Subsidies Climate Change / Global Warming Bees / Honeybees

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