Committee for Agriculture, Enviroment and Rural Affairs - Policy/Scrutiny

Committee Motion on Nature Friendly Farming

At its meeting of 18 February 2021 the Committee agreed to gather the following written and oral evidence with a view to tabling a motion on Nature Friendly Farming.

At its meeting of 29 April 2021 the Committee received oral evidence from the Nature Friendly Farming Network who submitted the following breifing paper.

At its meeting of 20 May 2021 the Committee recieved oral evidence from DAERA on Nature Friendly Farming and considered the following written briefings from Farmers for Action, NI Environment Link and the Ulster Farmers Union.

Following Committee consideration of the evidence the Committee agreed a motion which has been scheduled for 7 June 2021.

The DAERA position is set out in the following link -

https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/news/poots-outlines-his-vision-agriculture-northern-ireland-oxford-farming-conference

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