Investing in rural businesses and enterprises 25 7 Assisting (1) persons to— (a) start a business or enterprise (whether or not for profit)— (i) relating to agriculture, food production or processing, forestry, nature restoration or other rural land-use activity, or (ii) otherwise, in or for a rural area or community, 30 (b) develop, sustain or change such a business or enterprise (including improving productivity or diversifying into other activities), (c) improve the resilience of such a business or enterprise, (d) recover from or adapt to events which have (or may have) a negative impact (including exceptional adverse events such as a natural disaster or the outbreak 23 Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Schedule 1—Purposes of support Part 4—Rural communities and economy of a disease or pests) on such a business or enterprise or the activities of such a business or enterprise. (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, “enterprise” includes co-operative societies and 4 similar organisations. 5 Knowledge, innovation, education and training 8 (1) Assisting persons— (a) to establish, develop, deliver or undertake— (i) courses of training or professional development relating to agriculture, forestry, food production or processing, animal health and welfare or genetic 10 land use or related sectors (such as sectors providing services to resources, 1 agriculture), (ii) other forms of learning and sharing information relating to those sectors, (b) to provide or obtain advice— (i) relating to agriculture, food production or processing, forestry, animal health 15 and welfare or genetic resources or other land use, or (ii) otherwise, relevant to persons living, working or operating in rural communities, (c) to research, develop, introduce or test new or improved (whether in terms of efficiency, productivity, sustainability or otherwise)— 20 (i) crops and other agricultural products, (ii) forestry products, (iii) animal health and welfare or genetic resources methods or systems, (iv) agricultural or forestry activities, methods or systems, (v...