Measurement and assessment of environmental impacts of organic farming.

Tender description

To invite tender applications to scope and design a robust monitoring and evaluation methodology that will enable us to measure and assess the environmental impacts of organic farming, supported by the agri-environment schemes (AES). The output from this scoping project will prescribe the detailed approach to monitoring and evaluation of Organic farming options within AES, intended to commence in 2018/19, against which the environmental effectiveness of Countryside Stewardship (CS), in terms of achieving the priority scheme objectives and synergies across objectives, can be assessed through subsequent resurvey.