Economics class: Farm subsidy reform in England aiming to return land to nature

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Specification:

• Subsidy, Subsidy diagrams, Effectiveness of subsidies

Click to read the article below and then answer the questions:

Farm subsidy reform in England aiming to return land to nature

• Define the term subsidy

• Draw a diagram showing a subsidy

• Mark on the diagram the incidence of the subsidy. What affects the size of the incidence areas?

• Discuss whether the subsidy will be effective to “restore land to nature”.

John Greenwood, Bromley High School for Girls