The programme, part of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), has been set up to boost the technical skills of the region's agricultural, horticultural and forestry sectors. It is managed by Lantra, the sector skills council for the environmental and land-based sectors, which helps land-based businesses to improve their competitiveness.
The industries where businesses are eligible to benefit from LandSkills are:
- Agricultural livestock
- Arable and non-food crops
- Production horticulture
- Forestry
- Food (in relation to supply-chain activity).
- Practical and technical husbandry (livestock, crop and non-food crop)
- Management and business, including collaboration
- Resource use, including waste reduction & management, water use, energy efficiency and bio-energy
- Animal health and welfare
- Supply chain efficiency
- Benchmarking
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation
- Environmental land management topics
- Training for primary processing in the agricultural and forestry sectors.
Visit the LandSkills section of the Lantra website. Alternatively, call Lantra on 01226 766500, or email landskills@lantra.co.uk
Register your interest in the LandSkills programmme by filling in the form on the enquiry page.
REIP is a package of support for rural businesses wanting to start up or expand, which need to access over £25,000 of public funding to take their businesses forward.
Farmers in Yorkshire & Humber can apply to Yorkshire Forward for funding to help them invest in technology—which will benefit their profitability as well as the environment.
