Response 359729544

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Baselining

1. Should agricultural businesses receiving support be required to undertake a level of baseline data collection?

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2. Should collected data be submitted for national collation?

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Capital funding

5. Should capital funding be limited to only providing support for capital items that have a clear link to reducing greenhouse gas emissions?

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Biodiversity

8. Should all farm and crofting businesses be incentivised to undertake actions which enhance biodiversity?

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Productivity

14. Should future support be dependent on demonstration of improvements in productivity levels on farm?

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Knowledge & skills

16. What importance do you attach to knowledge exchange, skills development and innovation in business?

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Huge importance but only if knowledge exchange, skills development and innovation are undertaken sustainably and do not put more pressure on land systems to support greater yields of livestock, dairy and arable farming.
Intensive agriculture practice must be kept in check as the pathways needed for greater yield have, so far, been destructive to the land.
There is plenty of research to support the limitations of chemical use across all farming sectors.

18. Should continuing professional development be mandatory for businesses receiving public support funding?

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Please explain your answer
Research provides new ways of farming sustainably, therefore, taking one or two weeks spread out over the year could be included in farming practice to keep up with developments.

Supply Chains

19. How can the green credentials of Scottish produce be further developed and enhanced to provide reassurance to both businesses and consumers?

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Create a standard of green credentials, allow it to be accessible and attainable to farmers without compromise.
Create a new tranche of assessors to check standards are being upheld and communicate this to the public and businesses.

20. Should farm assurance be linked to requirements for future support?

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Farm assured standards should be there to create sustainable practice and reassure the consumer.

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