South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)

Livestock Revival Action Plan

Livestock farming is essential to the maintenance of many of our quality landscape. The livestock sector has been hit ard by the Foot and Mouth Crisis and SEEDA has chaired an industry led group to produce an Action Plan to help revive the livestock sector. This Action Plan builds on earlier work caried out by SEEDA and a report to look athe gaps in the food chain.

Livestock Provision in the South East
(Microsoft Word 275KB)
Report and Action Plan, February 2002

Cold Storage in the South East Region of England
(Microsoft Word 126KB)
A Review, February 2001

Abattoir Provision in the South East Region of England
(Microsoft Word 836KB)
A Review, October 2000

Industrial Crops Conference

• Opening of Conference (Microsoft Word Document 52kb)
  Lord Whitty, Minister for Food, Farming and Waterways
• The Farming Industry Perspective
  Ben Gill - President, National Farming Union
  www.nfu.org.uk
• Renewable Fuel for Road Transport (Document to be posted here shortly)
  Peter Clery - Chairman, British Association for Bio Fuels & Oils
  www.biodiesel.co.uk
• Alternative Crops for Energy
  Peter Billins - Chief Executive, British Biogen
• Industrial Crops and the Car Industry
  Ian Low - Mangaing Director, Hemcore Ltd.
• The European Network for Industrial Crops
  Melvyn Askew - Head of Alternative Crops and Biotechnology, Interactive European Network for Alternative Crops [IENICA]
  www.ienica.net
• Universities and Research
  Dr Graham Howe - Commercial Director for Centre for Novel Agricultural Products [CNAP] - University of York