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Agriculture: Lancashire

Commons · Question 59939 · Tabled 13 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 18 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support innovation in agri-science to improve farming (a) productivity and (b) sustainability in (i) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 18 Jun 2025

Since 2021, the Farming Innovation Programme (FIP) has been Defra’s flagship programme for supporting research and innovation in farming in England to help farmers, growers and foresters increase productivity, sustainability and resilience. In February th...