Action 45
"The farming, food and environment sectors must work
together to identify new ways of protecting and enhancing
our environment while ensuring the competitiveness of our
farming businesses."
Progress
There are a number of different initiatives being taken
forward which contribute to this action. Examples are given
below.
Targeted Inputs for a Better Rural Environment (TIBRE)
is an initiative by Scottish Natural Heritage which aims to
show how technology can be used in farming to benefit the
environment. The TIBRE Arable Handbook was launched in 1997
and distributed to over 800 Scottish farmers. The most up
to date version is available via the link given below. It
contains concise information and advice about 40 products
and developments which, if adopted singly or in
combination, are likely to improve the environmental
profile of the farm.
Two key products set up under the auspices of A National
Strategy for Farm Business Advice and Skills also
contribute to this Action namely, the FarmBASS Whole Farm
Review scheme and the FarmBASS Local Initiatives Fund. See
Action
1,
Action
2 and
Action
3 for further details.
Action now rests with farmers themselves to take
advantage of the opportunities available.
Links
- Scottish Natural Heritage:-
http://www.snh.org.uk/
http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/heritagemanagement/tibre/index.htm
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