The revised Programme includes the new agri-environment scheme as well as a number of new on-farm investment schemes. The new agri-environment scheme will benefit up to 10,000 participants and will provide a maximum payment of €5,000, as Minister Smith had previously stated at the time of Budget 2010 last month. It is focused on the priority areas of biodiversity, climate change and water management.
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