Written question WQ87192
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 12 days
Question
What has the Welsh Government done to support opportunities for the provision of training and advice for Welsh farmers to help them upskill?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Welsh Government has supported opportunities for the provision of training and advice for Welsh farmers to help them upskill for over 20 years. Farming Connect was launched in 2001 to deliver the best possible advice on new technologies and production techniques to the Welsh farming industry. The aim being to enable farming families to diversify, improve business viability and access new markets for their products and services.
Since then it has had several iterations. The most recent Programme, which is running August 2015 to March 2023, continues to deliver a flexible pan Wales programme of knowledge transfer activities, specialist advice and innovation support, targeted at businesses and individuals in the farming and forestry sector.
The Lifelong Learning and Development Programme (a part of the wider Farming Connect offer) specifically helps to deliver a more professional farming and forestry industry using a combination of direct training and online e-learning.