ABSTRACT
Since the Brexit vote, devolution matters have come to the fore and especially their relationship with farming. Despite each of the four nations of the UK being able to set its own agricultural policy, a recentralisation of powers towards central government is occurring that is exemplified via a command-and-control frame and executive growth. In particular, the path set by the Agriculture Act 2020 and its “public money for public goods” model is directly impacting the devolved administrations and the formulation of their respective agricultural policy. This chapter further highlights how the UK and the devolved administrations are at risk of missing key opportunities of delivering a sustainable and resilient agriculture outside of the CAP.
