abstract:On 26 June 2003, EU farm ministers adopted a fundamental reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and introduced a new Single Payment Scheme (or Single Farm Payment, SPS) for direct subsidy payments to landowners.
Ms Jones outlined the department's key priorities which will include the delivery of the Rural Development Plan, the effective administration of the SinglePaymentScheme from the European Union (EU), and the programme to eradicate bovine TB.