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To enable farmers to restart production promptly after the occurrence of natural calamities, hence enhancing farmers’ sustainability and reducing gap in supply of agricultural produce on the market

To encourage farmers to shift from traditional open field cultivation to sheltered farming system. This will enable farmers to mitigate effects of adverse climatic conditions; improve production capacity and the quality of farm produce.

To encourage crop/livestock farmers ’harvest’ rainwater to optimise use of water resources.
The scheme provides partial funding as grant for acquisition of appropriate equipment to collect, store and supply of rainwater on-farm for the sole purpose of agricultural production.

To promote the production and use of bioenergy as an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil energy

The CO2 tax was introduced 1 January 1991 and the standard rate is high compared to similar taxes that have been established or proposed in other countries. From 1 September 2010 the CO2 tax also applies to natural gas and LPG used on the mainland (CO2 taxes already applied to natural gas used in offshore activity). Norway applies a high CO2 tax on fossil fuels in order to stimulate the use of alternatives that are more environmental friendly. However, in some sectors there are no alternatives to use fossil fuels, and these sectors have a reduced CO2 tax rate or are exempted completely.From 1 September 2008 undertakings covered by the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) are exempted from the CO2 tax on mineral oil, in order to avoid the use of two economic instruments (tax and quota) to reduce the same emissions. The exemption for mineral oil for undertakings covered by the EU ETS is therefore not included in the listed figures for the tax expenditures.The tax on mineral oil (base-tax on mineral oil) was introduced 1 January 2000. The objective of the tax was to avoid a switch in energy use from electricity to mineral oil when the electricity tax was increased from 1 January 2000. Sectors where electricity was not a substitute to mineral oil were charged a reduced rate or exempted.

To provide the forest land owners with a basis for financing measures aimed at sustainable management of forest resources

To stimulate forest management planning as a basic measure to promote sustainable forest management including:• Active short and long term utilisation of the forest resources.• Preservation and enhancement of forest functions related to biological diversity, landscape, and cultural and recreational values.

To stimulate value-adding forestry activities and long-term investments like silviculture and forest roads, as well as to enhance environmental values related to biological diversity, landscape, cultural inheritance and recreational activities

The economic measures under the environmental programs shall cover the additional costs linked to the participation in the program through the maintenance of the agricultural landscape and other environmental requirements and represent payments for the production of environmental goods. The payments under the National Environmental program include payments per decare and payments for grazing animals.

Organic production is subject to separate support programs.

The Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) is a government-industry partnership initiative (industry contributions must be at least 60% of the total programme funding) that will invest in significant programmes of research and innovation to boost productivity, economic growth and the sustainability of New Zealand's primary, forestry and food sectors. The focus of the initiative is on boosting productivity through on-going investment in innovation.