Two additional dates have been announced for information events to raise awareness of the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) in Northern Ireland.

Around 1,750 farmers have attended the events which opened on Monday, 27 February.

The dates and venues are:

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• 08.03.17 – CAFRE, Greenmount Campus, Antrim

• 15.03.17 – CAFRE, Loughry Campus, Tyrone

The scheme offers participants a five-year agreement to deliver a range of environmental measures and will operate at three levels:

• A higher level, primarily for environmentally designated sites and other priority habitats

• A wider level to deliver benefits across the countryside, outside of environmentally designated areas;

• A group level (pilot only in 2017).

(CD/LM)