SHARING OPTIONS: "Everybody gets paid exactly the same, regardless of the output, and that acts as a disincentive as well in terms of improvements,” Dr Derek McLoughlin has said. \ James Connolly One-size-fits-all agri-environment schemes act as a disincentive for farmers to carry out further improvements on their farms, project manager of the Wild Atlantic Nature EIP scheme Dr Derek McLoughlin has said. He told a webinar on peatland management, hosted by An Fóram Uisce on Friday, that there is no facility for farmers to improve in such schemes. “For the last almost 30 years or so, we’ve had agri-environment schemes that have been related to biodiversity and we’ve spent quite a lot of money, several billion over the 30 years.