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Defra, UK - Farming - Common Agricultural Policy Reform - Single Payment Scheme - Certified (1149 words) |
 | The additional national rate in England is necessary in order to finance an expansion of our agri-environment schemes, and in particular to implement a new agri-environment scheme, Entry Level Stewardship (ELS), as recommended by the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food. |
 | Modulated funds will be re-cycled through agri-environment schemes, including the Entry Level Stewardship, for which all farmers will be eligible to apply from the start, and also the existing Countryside Stewardship, Organic Farming, and Environmentally Sensitive Areas schemes and their successors in Higher Level Stewardship. |
 | Modulation was first introduced in the UK in 2001 at a flat rate of 2.5% increasing gradually over time. |
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Modulation rate - definition of Modulation rate in Encyclopedia (91 words) |
 | The rate at which a carrier is varied to represent the information in a digital signal. |
 | Modulation rate and information transfer rate are not necessarily the same. |
 | For modulated digital signals, the reciprocal of the unit interval of the modulated signal, measured in seconds. |