§ Sir John FarrTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he intends to take steps to introduce a low-input low-output system of farming, on the lines of that introduced in other European Economic Community countries.
§ Mr. RyderThe Community extensification scheme envisaged incentives to farmers for less-intensive production of a range of supported agricultural products. Now that the Council has adopted the relevant legislation—which, in particular, allows extensification to be applied on a pilot basis initially—I will be considering in consultation with the interests concerned what pilot schemes might be appropriate.