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Annex 3 2007-13 Scotland Rural Development Programme Description of Measures

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5.3.1 AXIS 1: Improving the competitiveness of the agricultural and forestry sector

5.3.1.1 Measures aimed at promoting knowledge and improving human potential
Skills development
Setting up of young farmers
Business Audit
Specialist and outcome based plans
Nutrient management plan
Soil and water management programme

5.3.1.2 Measures aimed at restructuring and developing physical potential and promoting innovation
Crofting counties agricultural grants scheme
Restructuring of agricultural businesses
Modernisation through electronic data management
Manure/slurry storage and treatment
Establishment of short rotation coppice crops of willow or poplar
Support for renewable energy - agriculture
Support for renewable energy - forestry
Improving the economic value of forests
Management of genetically appropriate tree stocks for seed production
Modernisation through electronic data management - Forestry
Processing and marketing grants
Co-operation
Provision and upgrading of infrastructure related to access to farm and forest land, energy supplies and water management
Access creation for sustainable forest management
Treatment of run-off of nutrients and other pollutants

5.3.1.3 Measures aimed at improving the quality of agricultural production and products
Membership of food quality assurance schemes

5.3.2 AXIS 2: Improving the environment and countryside through land management
5.3.2.1 Measures targeting the sustainable use of agricultural land
Payments to farmers in areas with handicaps, other than mountainous areas
Agri-environment payments - Introduction
Support for the conversion to and maintenance of organic farming
Agri-environment payments
Wildlife on farmland and other types of land
Management of species rich areas
Wetland features
Moorlands
Field margins and boundaries
Arable fields
Woodland and scrub
Water quality
Small units
Planning
Habitat grazing management
Livestock tracks, gates and river crossings
Standard cost capital items

5.3.2.2 Measures targeting the sustainable use of forestry land
Woodland creation
Sustainable management of forests and woodlands
Woodland improvement grants
Woods in and around towns challenge fund

5.3.3 AXIS 3: Improving quality of life through diversification of economic activity
5.3.3.1 Measures to diversify the rural economy
Support for diversification outwith agriculture
Support for the development and creation of micro-enterprises
Support for renewable energy (non land-based)
Improving access
Information and awareness raising

5.3.3.2 Measures to improve the quality of life in rural areas
Area access management and monitoring and creation and upgrading of paths and routes
Reducing bacterial contamination of water courses
Forestry for people challenge fund
Provision of leisure, recreation, sporting, catering, and other rural community services and facilities
Active management to improve the condition of vernacular rural buildings, archaeological or historic sites and historic landscapes
Enhancing enjoyment and maintaining character of rural landscapes

5.3.3.3 Measures for training and development
Skills development in rural areas

5.3.3.4 Measures for skills acquisition, animation and implementation
Production of Collaborative Local Development Strategies encompassing Axis 3 Measures

5.3.4 AXIS 4: LEADERImplementation of the LEADER approach

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