Chapter 24. Coherence of Agricultural Policy and Rural Development in Scotland

摘要

Like other European nations and devolved regional administrations, replacing production subsidies with support payments linked to public benefits has posed challenges and opportunities to the Scottish Executive, the government of Scotland. This paperaddresses what outcomes we should be seeking to secure and how they should they relate to the wider needs for rural development and, especially, asks if we should be helping the farming sector into a transition towards a world of less government financial support? Issues on how farming support can be shaped to serve wider policy goals, especially the creation of thriving rural enterprises and the advancement of nature conservation and other public benefits, are also addressed.