Test 12 of new Prod environment - Copy of SPICe briefing - THE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL COMMUNITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL | Scottish Parliament

Test 12 of new Prod environment - Copy of SPICe briefing - THE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL COMMUNITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL

Author: Helen Costello

PDF Published: Thursday 07 Dec 2023 (23/12)

Infographics showing the proportion of funding allocated to different types of agricultural and rural support. The largest areas of funding are in Pillar 1, these are the direct income support and greening payments linked to direct income support payments. Pillar 1 accounts for approximately 70% of the total rural support budget. In Pillar 2, payments for hard to farm areas (LFASS), forestry and environmental management are the largest areas of funding. In total, Pillar 2 accounts for approximately 30% of the total rural support budget

Image: Figure 1: Types of support under the two ‘pillars’ of the EU Common Agricultural Policy in Scotland.

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