Non-Productive Investments and Landscape Actions

Non-Productive Investments (NPIs) and Landscape Actions are actions that are available to Farmers in ACRES CP.

Non-Productive Investments

Non-Productive Investments (NPIs) are actions that are available to participants in the Co-operation approach of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) to address environmental issues on the farm, directly contribute to environmental objectives or increase the farmers capacity to improve field scores through management. Public Consultation on the Natura Impact Report in support of the Appropriate Assessment (AA) for Certain Non-productive Investments (NPI) to be made available under the Agri-climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) Co-operation Project (CP) was undertaken and the determination in relation to the availability of such NPIs is published below.

• ACRES Co-operation Non-Productive Investments Specification V 2.0 17 September 2024
  
• List of Non-Productive Investments for ACRES Co-operation
  
• Appropriate Assessment Determination in respect of Certain Non-Productive Investments
  

Landscape Actions

Landscape Actions (LAs) are large scale actions that are available to participants in the Co-operation approach of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES). The LAs are targeted measures that will focus on issues such as invasive species management, encroaching scrub, threatened species and water quality protection, thereby offering benefits to the local environment. These Landscape Actions have been designed to target environmental issues, which have been highlighted in the scorecards for results-based payments and are causing a reduction in the score achieved. The targeted implementation of these actions should improve the results-based score achieved on that field/commonage in coming years leading to an increased payment.