Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 120214
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Rivers
Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026
Question
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party — North Herefordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to increase funding for River Friendly Farming practices under the new Sustainable Funding Incentive.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleSFI 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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