by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 30, 2024 | Agriculture, Land management
Agriculture and environment are devolved to the Senedd and Welsh Government and Wales has its own legislation covering both areas. In Natural Resources Wales, it also has its own regulatory body whose role it is to enforce the legislation. This was created in 2013...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 30, 2024 | Agriculture, Land management
Agricultural pollution is a long-standing issue in Wales. In the three years prior to 2021, agricultural pollution incidents averaged three per week. More recently, agriculture has been identified by NRW as contributing 62% of the total phosphorous load to rivers and...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 30, 2024 | Agriculture, Land management
Economics In 2021, the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector accounted for for 1.1% of total gross value-added (GVA) to the Welsh economy. This compares to, for example, tourism at 5% of Wales’s GVA, or manufacturing at 17.3%. GVA is the measure of the value...
