As a consequence of the UK leaving the EU (‘Brexit’) and after almost five decades of sharing the Common Agricultural Policy, its objectives and instruments, the UK is about to embark on a set of four national agricultural policies, one for each constituent country. Legislation for England, which accounts for more than 70 per cent of UK aggregate farm income, will provide for some continuity, such as agri‐environmental schemes and multi‐annual programming. However, there will be a radical reform of the income support system as direct payments are progressively scaled down over seven years, a move that has been widely advocated inside and outside government. Similar change within the CAP has been rejected by the EU as a whole. The diverging paths will provide a valuable and rare opportunity to compare policy approaches in what is really a massive field experiment. Careful monitoring should be capable of casting light on the impact that removing direct income payments has on issues such as production levels, farm household incomes, innovation and investment, structural change, succession and the social contributions made by the farm sector. This information could be of great relevance to the EU‐27 if in the future it chooses to follow a similar path of reform.

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英国脱欧后的英国-CAP改革的大规模实地试验？

由于英国退出欧盟（“英国脱欧”）并在分享共同农业政策，其目标和手段近五十年后，英国即将着手制定一套四项国家农业政策，每项政策都针对一个组成部分国家。占英国农业总收入70％以上的英格兰立法将提供一定的连续性，例如农业环境计划和多年计划。但是，随着直接支付在7年内逐步缩减，收入支持系统将进行彻底的改革，这一举措在政府内部和外部都得到了广泛提倡。CAP内的类似变更已被欧盟整体拒绝。分歧的道路将为宝贵的机会提供难得的机会，以便在真正的大规模实地试验中比较政策方法。仔细的监测应该能够揭示消除直接收入支付对诸如生产水平，农场家庭收入，创新和投资，结构变化，继承和农业部门的社会贡献等问题的影响。如果将来它选择遵循类似的改革道路，则该信息可能与EU-27息息相关。