§ Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what studies his Department has made or intends to make of incentives to encourage farmers to move towards less-intensive farming techniques.
(a) (b) (c) (d) TV Radio Press advertising Other publicity material £ £ 1982–83 nil nil 3,000 n/a 1983–84 nil nil 27,000 n/a 1984–85 nil niil 26,000 575,000 1985–86 nil nil 29,000 656,000 1986–87 nil nil 54,000 825,000 1987–88 nil nil 12,000 693,000 1988–89 nil nil 380,000 1,004,000 1989–90 nil nil 116,000 2,373,000 1990–91 nil nil 53,000 2,379,000 Figures for publicity advertising prior to 1982–83 are not available as the information for those years includes recruitment and other types of advertising. Information is not readily available to distinguish between expenditure on advertising in newspapers and that in the press generally. Separate figures for expenditure on other publicity material prior to 1984–85 are available only at disproportionate cost.
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§ Mr. CurrySocio-economic and environmental evaluation studies are being carried out in respect of the environmentally sensitive areas, nitrate sensitive areas and pilot beef and sheep extensification schemes.