Rural Development

Ulster Farmers Union
George Bingham

Committee Chair

Ulster Farmers Union
David Thompson Jnr

Vice Chair

Aileen Lawson

Assistant Policy Manager

Current issues the committee is considering:
  • Roll out of NIRDP 2014 – 2020
  • Representation on the 2014 – 2020 NI Rural Development Programme (NIRDP) Stakeholders Group and Monitoring Committee
  • Encouraging members to participate in Local Action Groups (LAG)
  • Development of the various schemes proposed under the new NIRDP particularly
  • Farm Business Investment Scheme
  • Business Development Groups
  • Agri-Environment Schemes