Economic Evaluation of Agri-Environment Schemes
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i Contents Executive Summary iii 1. Introduction 1 1.1 The origins of agri-environment policy in England 1 1.2 The England Rural Development Programme 2 1.3 The context of this evaluation 3 2.
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