Petition · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Reinstate the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) to support farmers and nature
Closed
182 signatures
What the petition asks
Reinstate the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) to help farmers transition to regenerative agriculture, improve soil health, protect biodiversity, and strengthen UK food security. We believe that this scheme for sustainable farming and nature recovery was cut without warning, putting this at risk.
The SFI supported farmers in restoring degraded soil, reducing pollution, sequestering carbon, and enhancing biodiversity while ensuring economic viability. We think its removal undermines farmers, food security, and climate resilience, placing the UK’s legally binding Net Zero target in jeopardy. At COP28, nations committed to transitioning 160M hectares to regenerative agriculture by 2030. We believe that without SFI we are regressing and failing all points.
Timeline
| 22 Apr 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
182
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
22 Apr 2025
Closed
22 Oct 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 9 Aug 2026.