Question reference: S6W-09295
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 23 June 2022
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 13 July 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the Farm Advisory Service works in partnership with local agricultural agents and businesses.
Answer
Since launching the Farm Advisory Service in 2016, which has seen over £20 million worth of support, we have ensured the service has worked in partnership with local agricultural agents and businesses through: regular stakeholder meetings, quarterly stakeholder updates, numerous sessions with agricultural agents and building in a robust feedback loop.
We have and will continue to offer a platform for the sector to feed into the service and have made a number of changes to the service from sector feedback in the past.