Written question WQ96418
- Asked by
- Mark IsherwoodConservative
- To be answered by
- Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 9 days
Question
What specialist advice and guidance is the Welsh Government providing to applicants of the Sustainable Farming Scheme?
Answer
Answered by Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
The Sustainable Farming Scheme is being developed in collaboration with stakeholders to ensure it provides economic, social and environmental benefits for Welsh farmers as part of their sustainable production of food. Providing appropriate advice and guidance will be important to help farmers to achieve these benefits.
Our intention is to build an enhanced knowledge transfer service, through the Farming Connect programme. This will have an increased focus on supporting the Sustainable Farming Scheme and meeting the Sustainable Land Management objectives contained within the Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023. An extension to the current contract through to Spring 2026 will ensure continued provision and support the introduction of SFS in 2026.