Action 42
"As part of its remit, the Working Group will be asked
to review existing advice and recommend how we can ensure
simple, consistent advice which offers, wherever possible,
cost-effective solutions which can be implemented by
farmers themselves. This work will identify the main
centres of expertise and look at how everyone, farmers and
regulators alike, can have access to it."
Progress
Key outcomes from A National Strategy for Farm Business
Advice and Skills are the Whole Farm Review Scheme, the
Farm Business Adviser Accreditation Scheme and benchmarking
initiatives. The Whole Farm Review includes business,
environmental and skills audits; an integrated SWOT
analysis identifying the key opportunities and threats
facing the farm business; and an action plan suggesting
practical measures to improve business and environmental
performance. The progress reports under
Action 1 and
Action 2 provide further information.
The framework needed by farmers and their business
advisers to assess skills needs is now in place and SEERAD
will continue to encourage the industry to make use of
them. Farmers now need to grasp those opportunities as part
of their future business development.
The Working Group is content with this development.
Primary Action complete.
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