Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) are a suite of agri-environment programmes led by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to incentivise farmers to adopt sustainable practices and environmental stewardship. The schemes include the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and are actively being rolled out, with ongoing policy development around funding mechanisms, common land eligibility, and alignment with climate and soil health objectives.
In response to: Land Use Framework
How we can use our land more effectively to increase the resilience of our homes, communities, infrastructure, and food systems, while speeding up development and restoring nature.
In response to: Environmental Land Management update: how government will pay for land-based environment …
How farmers and land managers will be paid to deliver important outcomes for the climate and environment, alongside food production.
The scheme policy for Landscape Recovery, one of our 3 environmental land management schemes.
An update following the UK Farm to Fork summit held at 10 Downing Street on 16 May 2023.
In response to: Environmental land management schemes: outcomes
Expected environmental outcomes from the 3 environmental land management schemes.
In response to: Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme pilot: launch overview
Defra’s plans for piloting the future Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.
In response to: Environmental land management schemes: payment principles
The principles which Defra will use to set payment rates for environmental land management schemes.