3.2.2. Comparison of regions
As this research was conducted across different regions and
therefore farming systems, Fig. 4 demonstrates differences in recommendations
in the three regions considered. The Environment
Agency ellipse in all three regions is the same and represents the
results from staff across all three regions (from Fig. 3) to provide
context. This was deemed appropriate as the role of Environment
Agency staff is to enforce regulatory measures and does not
differ regionally. The CSFO and environmental organisation’s
ellipses, which have been calculated separately using data from
advisors in each region, highlight that recommendations from such
advisors focussed on different sets of DWPA measures. Regional
results could not be plotted for independent business specialists
and Natural England staff due to insufficient data for the calculation
of standard deviation ellipses.