Agri-environment schemes must be much more ambitious

GLAS review includes call to target more intensive farms

Rewetting peatland and re-vegetation of bare peat, in commonages, is recommended for more ambitious schemes to reduce agricultural emissions by 2030.

Better targeting of dairy and arable sectors by future agri-environment schemes has been recommended by ADAS, in its evaluation report on the GLAS scheme.

ADAS, a UK-based agriculture consultancy,  said future schemes must be much more ambitious, including for example, scaling up tree and hedge planting, and restoring peatland in commonages, in order to reduce agricultural emissions by 2030.