Regionale miljøtilskudd (RMP-tilskudd)

The Regional Environmental Support Scheme (RMP-tilskudd) provides annual grants to farmers for measures that reduce pollution and promote cultural landscape values. The grants are intended as payment for management work in the cultural landscape or as compensation for increased risk or lower yields. The program addresses water pollution and overgrown cultural landscapes in Østfold region. By implementing the right environmental measures in the right places, agriculture contributes to cleaner waterways and maintaining an open cultural landscape with biodiversity and cultural heritage. The scheme covers two main categories: measures to reduce runoff from agricultural land (including autumn cultivation practices, catch crops, grassed vegetation zones, and maintenance of catch ponds) and cultural landscape management (including grazing valuable agricultural landscapes, management of distinctive landscape elements, grazing associations, meadow management, and maintenance of cultural monuments).