Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)

This scheme will pay farmers to manage their land in an environmentally sustainable way. It is made up of a set of standards, which range from ‘hedgerows’ to ‘moorland’ to ‘nutrient management’. Each standard has a group of actions the farmer must undertake to receive the payment. Farmers can choose to apply for payment for as many or as few of the standards as they like.