Observatory Programme
Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory Programme
The Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory was established to monitor, and where possible anticipate changes in agriculture and at farm level arising from the 2003 CAP reform and other key drivers of agricultural change, and to assess the environmental implications. It achieves this by identifying environmental risks from a changing agriculture sector and to provide an evidence base for informing future policy. The Observatory aims to identify significant trends and predict changes in farming patterns and practices, assessing their resulting environmental impacts and highlighting any areas of particular concern or success.
The programme also aims to predict and highlight the longer term impacts of farm level changes and assess the implications for the strategic priorities and the delivery of Government objectives. It does this through an integrated programme of monitoring and evaluation, with a strong stakeholder contribution.
Defra continues to take this forward in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency.
Find out more about the work:
Latest news
- 14 February 2013 – Campaign for the Farmed Environment - publication of various evidence reports
- 5 February 2013 - Dairy Farms: Economic Performance and Links with Environmental Performance – report published
- 26 July 2012 - Uplands Farm Survey 2012 detailed results
- 18 July 2012 - Uplands Farm Survey 2012
- 8 March 2012 - Grazing Livestock Farms: Economic Performance and Links with Environmental Performance – report published
- 14 December 2011 - Uptake of Uplands ELS and the Uplands Transitional Payment – 1 year report
Contact
You can email the Observatory Programme Team at: observatory@defra.gsi.gov.uk.
