Funding is generally grouped together in “schemes”, and the SRDP includes the following: • Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS), providing support to farming businesses in remote and constrained rural areas, • Forestry Grant Scheme, providing a range of grants for woodland creation, agro-forestry, tree health, woodland improvement, processing and marketing and sustainable management of forests, 16 See http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1305/article/11 for the EU law version. 17 More information can be found at https://www.gov.scot/policies/agriculture- payments/scottish-rural-development-programme-srdp/. 12 This document relates to the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2 (SP Bill 59A) • Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (including support for organics and footpaths), which provides targeted support for land managers to undertake management and capital work for environmental purposes, • Beef Efficiency Scheme, to deliver economic and environmental improvements in the beef sector, • New Entrants, which provides start-up grants for new entrant young farmers of up to 40 years old, and capital funding for new entrants regardless of age to improve their business, • Crofting Agricultural Grant Scheme, which provides grants to improve crofts in order to help to sustain crofting business, • Small Farms Grant Scheme, which provides targeted support for small farms that face similar issues to crofters regarding sustainability, • Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation, which supports small and medium sized enterprises in the food and drink sector with start- up grants for new enterprises, and business development grants, 18 • LEADER, which provides opportunities for individuals, businesses and communities to come together and support rural development and provide long lasting benefits to the local area (and includes support for non-agricultural small businesses including farm diversification), • Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (KTIF), which supports the sharing of innovative ways of improving working practices along with continuing support for Monitor Farms, • Farm Advisory Service, which provides advice and assistance to farmers, crofters and other land managers, • Broadband, which provides support for broadband provision in rural areas, and • Scottish Rural Network, which supports and promotes rural development through the sharing of ideas and best practice. 18 The acronym is French in origin i.e. liaison...