Question follow-through · 63606
Agriculture: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding schemes for agricultural innovation are available to (a) farmers and (b) agri-tech researchers in Northern Ireland; and what plans his Department has to support the develo
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding schemes for agricultural innovation are available to (a) farmers and (b) agri-tech researchers in Northern Ireland; and what plans his Department has to support the develo
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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7 Jul 2025
Answer published
Agriculture is a devolved issue, and so it is for the Devolved Administrations, including the Northern Ireland Executive, to determine the best way to allocate funding to support farmers in their nations. In England, the Farming Innovation Programme has b...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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