This project aims to gather farmers/landowners' views about the Landscape Recovery pilot schemes and gain insights into how farmers in England are adapting their farming businesses to the changes in agricultural and environmental policies in general. The project will involve online surveys, in-depth group and individual interviews with farmers, land managers, land owners and other key stakeholders.
The first round of applications for Landscape Recovery (LR) pilot projects run by DEFRA closed on Tuesday 24th May 2022 and responses are expected by Friday 8th July 2022. The first round will focus on 2 themes:
This project aims to collect evidence from participants of LR pilot and non-participants to understand how farm businesses are adapting to the changes in policy. Specific objectives are:
Methodology - Qualitative in-depth semi-structured interviews (focus groups and/or one-to-one) supplemented by online surveys will be undertaken with farmers, land managers and landowners representative of the main production sectors across a range of farm sizes, geographical locations and land types. The sample will be split between four types of potential participants: i) those who have applied for and will participate in theme 1, ii) those in theme 2 of the first round of LR pilot, iii) those who have not applied and iv) who have applied but have subsequently withdrawn, if any.
Other project members:
Sarah Barnes
Liz Tree
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)
Harper Adams University
Jess Corsair and Sarah Baker (AHDB)
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