EIP-AGRI Focus Group on HNV Farming Profitablility: Starting Paper

This is the starting paper supporting the first meeting of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group on “High Nature Value (HNV) farming profitability" The purpose of this starting paper is to: 1. Establish a common understanding about the purpose and scope of the Focus Group; 2. Identify some preliminary points of discussion for the first meeting of the Focus Group meeting, including: - function of HNV farmland within the “farming business” - the basic concept of profitable HNV farming - potential pathways / strategies for more profitable HNV farming - ‘fail factors’ that may limit / constrain more profitable HNV farming - examples of innovative actions for more profitable HNV farming; 3. Begin drawing together some relevant thoughts / materials as a preliminary basis for the EIP-AGRI Focus Group Final Report.