AHDB has said it plans to increase the impact of its activities in Scotland to ensure farmers can "survive and thrive" after Brexit.
Speaking during a recent AHDB Board visit to Scotland, CEO Jane King said the organisation wanted to help Scottish businesses improve their competitiveness and ensure they can "survive and thrive" after Brexit.
She said: “We believe that collaboration is key to the future sustainability of the farming sector across the UK, both at farm level and for organisations such as AHDB.
“In Scotland we work not only with bodies such as Quality Meat Scotland and SRUC but with research institutes, NFUS and of course the Scottish Government. However with Brexit on the horizon we want to strengthen those ties to ramp up the rate of improvement of the agriculture sector in Scotland.”
AHDB’s Chief Strategy Officer Tom Hind outlined AHDB’s work on Brexit including an upcoming a report solely focused on Scotland.
He said: “We have provided the industry with a good amount of much needed evidence and information on Brexit. Our next piece of work is the most significant piece of impact assessment of Brexit scenarios on our key farming sectors.
“Moving forward we will be concentrating on helping farmers and growers make conscious, proactive decisions to ensure their businesses can thrive during and after Brexit. The last thing we want is for people to sleepwalk into Brexit without taking account of, and adapting to, the changing environment.”
