Decisions on future rural policy must be taken now to prevent long-lasting negative consequences for the sector, claims Scottish Land & Estates (SLE).
The landowners body made the comments as it launched a new report: #Route2050 – a direction of travel for Scottish land management to 2050.
“The future of farming and wider land management in Scotland needs to have a clear direction,” said SLE executive director, Sarah-Jane Laing.
SLE’s report calls on the Scottish Government to introduce significant policy changes to ensure a resilient, efficient and thriving rural sector.
There is a focus on four areas: Enabling rural businesses to understand their carbon footprint and ways to reduce it; increasing access to skills training and knowledge for improving efficiency; access to capital and knowledge to improve productivity and resilience; and improving the use of data to target investment.
