AQW 51492/11-16

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 26/11/2015
Answered On Date: 07/12/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development what assistance her Department can offer farmers to develop business plans to maximise rural development funding potential.

Answer:

Through the Knowledge Transfer element of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme (FBIS), under the Rural Development Programme (RDP), Business Development Groups (BDGs) and Farm Family Key Skills (FFKS) will provide free business training programmes to assist farmers complete business plans.

Farmers applying for grant to set up a new non agricultural enterprise through the Rural Business Investment Scheme (RBIS) will be able to avail of free training and assistance to develop their business plan through the ‘Go for It’ Programme which is run by Councils