The original proposed reform from the European Commission included the idea of encouraging farmers to take a more holistic approach to farming, and apply the basic-rules of integrated production. Direct incentive payments to farmers would be conditional upon respecting three simple agronomic measures. And even though the original proposal did not propose crop rotation, it did propose integrated pest management (IPM) as the main component. This was much more ambitious than what has emerged, where the main component is the idea of introducing ecological focus areas.
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