Sustainable Farming Incentive: Flood Prevention and Drought Resilience Debate

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Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Baroness Sheehan

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Sustainable Farming Incentive: Flood Prevention and Drought Resilience

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Thursday 23rd April 2026

(1 day, 13 hours ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Sheehan Portrait Baroness Sheehan (LD)
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Can the Minister say whether the SFI will provide support for on-farm reservoir projects aimed at mitigating environmental impacts from drought at the catchment scale?

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The SFI26 offer has 71 separate actions, of which 35 are designed to support flood and drought resilience. It is incredibly important that we recognise the huge damage that drought can cause to our farmers. The new SFI offer, in looking very carefully at both flooding and drought, recognises the long-term implications of climate change for our farms and food production, which is important as we move forward.

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