§ Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domerasked Her Majesty's Government:
What projects have been awarded grants under the Agriculture Development Scheme 1999; how much has been awarded to each project; and what criteria were used when awarding the grants. [HL915]
§ Baroness HaymanAs my right honourable friend the Minister announced on 2 February, 47 awards of grant totalling £2 million have been made under the Agriculture Development Scheme 1999. A list of the successful projects is given below. The size of individual awards is commercially confidential but they range in value from £5,500 to £100,000.
Each application was assessed against the following criteria: the abilities of the proponents to deliver the project, and their financial viability; the requirement 146WA for grant to progress the project; the economic difficulty being experienced by the sector targeted, the proportion of primary producers within the sector likely to benefit from the project and the duration of that benefit; the likely benefit to the agri-food economy as a whole; the relevance of the project to the issues facing the sector; value for money; the quality and credibility of the application; and the quality of proposals for disseminating the results of the project to relevant interests.
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Sector Lead organisation Project title Pigs Assured British Meat National assurance database information and administration system (pigs module) Pigs Assured British Meat ABM Assured British Pigs Scheme data merger Pigs BOCM Pauls Ltd Maximising pig carcass value Pigs/organic Eastbrook Farm Organic Meats Ltd Growing the organic pigmeat market from a UK production base Pigs Food Trak plc Traceability in the pig meat supply chain Pigs JSR Farms Ltd Integrated pig meat supply initiative Pigs Ladies In Pigs A catering colleges initiative to secure the future for British pigmeat in catering Pigs Meat & Livestock Commission Project 2: improving supply chain communications Pigs National Pig Association A risk management initiative for the UK pig industry Pigs United Pig Marketing A shared IT and information system for UPM and its supply chain partners Pigs University of Aberdeen A training package for the British pig industry using multi-media technology Beef Glendale Beef Producers Glendale Beef Producers initiative Beef/dairy Warwickshire Quality Calves Improving the value of beef calves from the dairy herd Dairy National Milk Records plc Proposal for a southwest dairy information network Dairy/organic Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative Design and initial implementation of a novel technology transfer and quality management system on organic dairy farms Dairy/speciality Business Link Bradford & District Feasibility study into potential for a yoghurt production facility for the Asian community Eggs British Free Range Egg Producers Association British Free Range Egg Marketing Company Ltd Sheep British Sheep Dairying Association Implementation of structural development of the sheep dairy sector 148WA
Sector Lead organisation Project title Sheep/speciality Business Link Bradford & District New routes to new markets—investigation into ways of making better use of sheepmeat products to the benefit of producers Wild boar The British Wild Boar Association To improve collaborative marketing activity between primary and secondary producers of British farmed wild boar Livestock general Assured British Meat Multiple retail caterers— food safety assurance module Livestock general Assured British Meat Assurance chain—focus farms Livestock general/regional/ speciality Assured British Meat Assurance and food heritage Livestock general Farmway Ltd Marketing cooperatively produced branded port, beef and lamb through "Farmway" co-operative stores: a feasibility study Livestock general Harper Adams University College Building regional enterprise and agricultural competitiveness through IT(Breakthrough-IT) Livestock general Meadow Valley Livestock Ltd Improving farmers' efficiency and returns by directing them to market led, added value marketing schemes Livestock general South East Primestock Producers (SEPP) Ltd A plan for regional growth and farmer Livestock general/organic/ speciality Humane Slaughter Association Mobile slaughter unit 2000 Nursery stock Horticultural Trades Association A project to influence structural change in the landscape supply chain to build value in the soft landscape market Nursery stock Horticultral Trades Association A project to extend the HTA nursery certification scheme to include the inspection and supply of local provenance Nursery stock Horticultural Trades Association A project to develop a greater understanding of the supply chain within the nurserystock sector Onions British Onion Producers Organisation Sector analysis of the onion market Potatoes Hereward Growers Collaborative marketing initiative Soft fruit Advanced Marketing Services Ltd Soft fruit development for category management Soft fruit The Berryworld Producers' Organisation Ltd Development of an integrated traceability system for the soft fruit industry
Sector Lead organisation Project title Tomatoes Tomato Growers Association Investigation into the development of an intergrated quality management system for the British tomato industry Top fruit Fruition Group Ltd Rationalisation: the basis of a full category player Horticulture general Checkmate International Benchmarking services for the EUREP GAP framework Horticulture general Institute of Grocery Distribution Benchmarking the industry Combinable crops Samuel Rose Ltd Promoting vertical integration through farmer collaboration in agricultural supply chains Combinable crops United Grain Producers "The Marlborough Group" (working together to improve farm incomes) Farmers' markets National Association of Farmers Markets Together to market Direct selling Farm Retail Association Red and Green box scheme feasibility study Viticulture The Magpie Consultancy Formation of a collaborative marketing company owned by producers and devoted to the marketing development of the wines and vineyards of England Trout Longford Estate Co-ordinated approach to trout marketing General Plunkett Foundation Increasing competitiveness in the farmer controlled business sector through the use of best practice benchmarking General Lantra Increasing the competitiveness of the land based sector