Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 120213

Sustainable Farming Incentive: Rivers

Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Dr Ellie Chowns

Green PartyNorth Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including incentives for river friendly farming in the new Sustainable Farming Incentive.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
SFI includes a number of actions to support rivers, such as BFS6 (“6m to 12m habitat strip next to watercourses”). The Government is also supporting river restoration through Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT), Landscape Recovery (LR), and ELM Cap...

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