Set‐aside landscapes: farmer perceptions and practices in England
Set‐aside landscapes: farmer perceptions and practices in England
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预留景观:英格兰农民的看法和实践
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1998
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A. Dauven
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J. Crabb;L. Firbank;M. Winter;Colette Parham;A. Dauven
Abstract Set‐aside was introduced in the European Community in 1988 on a voluntary basis and, under the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy in 1992, it was a condition for the receipt of area payments for most arable farms in England. The areas of set‐aside land reached around 527 000 ha in England in 1994–95, falling to 253 000 ha in 1996–97. The implications of set‐aside for landscape and biodiversity are discussed, drawbig on farm questionnaire surveys, supplemented by field studies of biodiversity. The majority of farmers adopted rotational set‐aside, and while crop yield and economic factors were the most important factors in selecting land to set‐aside, there were few signs of substantial differences between set‐aside and other areas of arable land. Most rotational set‐aside was under natural regeneration, sprayed with non‐selective herbicides in the spring. For the much less frequent non‐rotational set‐aside, there were similar areas of natural regeneration and sown grass covers. Other forms o...