?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Organic+Centre+Wales+Factsheet+24%3A+The+Organic+Farming+Scheme+(OFS)&rft.creator=Anon%2C+&rft.subject=+Policy+environments+and+social+economy&rft.subject=+Education%2C+extension+and+communication&rft.subject=+Farm+economics&rft.description=This+factsheet+describes+the+Organic+Farming+Scheme%2C+an+agri-environment+scheme+that+offers+payments+to+farmers+in+Wales+to+help+them+convert+to+organic+farming+with+the+aim+of+benefiting+the+environment.+It+is+a+key+part+of+the+Organic+Action+Plan+for+Wales%2C+one+of+the+aims+of+which+is+to+increase+the+area+of+agricultural+land+in+Wales+under+organic+management+by+10+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93+15%25+by+2010.+The+OFS+is+funded+by+the+EU+and+the+Welsh+Assembly+Government+as+part+of+the+1999-2006+Rural+Development+Plan+(RDP)+for+Wales%2C+and+will+be+subject+to+revision+for+the+new+2007-2013+RDP.++Issues+covered+include%2C+how+payments+are+structured%2C+who+is+eligible%2C+how+to+apply+and+how+to+get+advice+on+organic+conversion.&rft.date=2006-11&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10797%2F1%2F24OFSeng.pdf&rft.identifier=Anon%2C+(2006)+Organic+Centre+Wales+Factsheet+24%3A+The+Organic+Farming+Scheme+(OFS).&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10797%2F