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This briefing examines how a public money for public goods model could work in practice in the Scottish agricultural sector, and what international and national policy commitments such a system could be aligned with - including on climate change, biodiversity, natural capital, pollution and water. Some stakeholders have suggested that agricultural support should fit into a wider land-use policy and be integrated with further policy areas, including food.