Policy paper

Government response to the Nutrient Management Expert Group (NMEG) report

Government response to the NMEG report on how to improve policy and practice to reduce nutrient pollution from agricultural nutrients.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 23 May 2024

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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Government response to the NMEG report: Improving policy and practice for agricultural nutrient use and management

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This is a detailed response to the NMEG report: Improving policy and practice for agricultural nutrient use and management. 

This response sets out the problem of agricultural nutrient pollution and the government’s approach to tackling it through: 

• regulation  
• advice and tools to support farmers 
• grants  
• Environmental Land Management (ELM) incentives  
• innovation  
• international collaboration

Published 23 May 2024