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Current Scotland programmes
Moving towards Agroecological farming practices and organic practices are some of the ways that farmers can help to mitigate climate change and restore wildlife to our landscapes.
It is not only for nature; along with many farmers, we believe nature and climate-friendly farming can be good for profitability. We help build knowledge and confidence by providing access to the necessary know-how for agroecological uptake across the country through our speakers, demonstrations and workshops. Our programmes also bring farmers in Scotland together and create spaces to interact with experts and other stakeholders at practical on-farm events, to share best practice and to forge lasting connections that can provide the necessary support when shifting to nature friendly farming.
These projects are funded by The Scottish Government through the Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund. The Government has recently set out its vision for Scotland becoming a leader in sustainable and regenerative agriculture.
Current programmes
Upscaling Agroecology
Many farmers tell us they are looking for ways to build resilience and sustainability, but don’t always know where to start or how approaches could be implemented on their own farms.
Our new programme, Upscaling Agroecology will showcase what agroecological and organic systems can look like in practice, explore the principles behind them and provide opportunities for peer-to-peer learning and support.
This collaborative project is led by Soil Association Scotland and delivered across Scotland by the Scottish Agroecology Partnership (SAP), promoting agroecological and organic farming practices through on-farm workshops, online webinars and resources, a national Agroecology conference and a brand-new podcast mini-series.
Recent programmes
Planning for Change: A Whole Farm Approach
Planning for Change: A Whole Farm Approach supported farmers to implement, and benefit from, using the Whole Farm Plan framework.
The programme highlighted how Whole Farm Plans could be translated into integrated, sustainable practices and demonstrated how a whole farm approach – as featured in Scottish Government’s Vision for Agriculture – could help deliver on climate and nature goals.
The Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (KTIF) allowed us to support farms and crofts across Scotland to share knowledge to build resilience, improve sustainability and restore nature.
Agroecology: Strengthening Livelihoods
Agroecology: Strengthening Livelihoods was a programme developed in partnership with Nourish, LWA, PFLA, Propagate and SCF, building on previous programmes: Agroecology: enabling the transition and Agroecology: facilitating mindset change. More than 70 farmers and crofters across Scotland came together to share nature-friendly farming approaches to restore biodiversity and address climate change while also strengthening their livelihoods. The project had two strands: peer-to-peer learning groups and a series of webinars on a variety of themes related to agroecological practices.
Agroecology: Enabling the Transition
Agroecology: Enabling the transition was a programme developed in partnership with Nourish, LWA, PFLA, NFF and Propagate to widen and deepen understanding of agroecology, specifically through a farmer-to-farmer/crofter-to-crofter cooperative learning programme.
Monday to Friday 9.30am - 5.30pm
20 Potterrow
Edinburgh
EH8 9BL
Edinburgh
EH8 9BL