"There is increasing interest amongst policy makers about agroecological farming approaches – and whether these types of practices improve sustainability and how they can increase the resilience of agricultural businesses in Scotland to cope with external shocks such as the COVID-19 crisis, biodiversity loss or climate change."

SEFARI Gateway and the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) are funding a collaborative project between the James Hutton Institute, the Soil Association Scotland, and Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS) to carry out research in relation to farming practices in Scotland.

They are carrying out the Scottish Farming Practices Survey 2021 to understand how certain farming practices that aim to improve sustainability can provide (or not) long term benefits for land productivity.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute