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Case, Philip
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ELECTRONIC systems , *AGRICULTURAL industries , *RURAL development , *INTERNET access ,GREAT Britain. Rural Payments Agency - Abstract
The article explores the possible side-effects of the Rural Payments Agency's plan to eliminate paper-based applications and replace it with a digital-by-default online payments systems, which according to Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) committee chairwoman Anne McIntosh would send shockwaves through rural areas. Also mentioned is the challenge of the lack of access to broadband Internet in rural areas.
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- 2014