Further to the answer to question S1W-9447 by Henry McLeish on 18 September 2000, with which organisations within the agricultural industry…

The Executive has engaged in wide-ranging consultation and discussions with interested parties from all sectors of the agriculture industry in Scotland. These contacts have ranged from individual farmers and bodies representing farmers' interests, other parts of the food industry, including those involved in the marketing and processing stages, through to retailers and consumers. Additionally there has been contact with many bodies and organisations with environmental, other specialist rural and professional agricultural business interests.The work has been taken forward in various ways: the publication in April 2000 of A Forward Strategy for Scottish Agriculture
- A Discussion Document (over 3,000 paper copies distributed in addition to the text being available on our website); a major conference in June 2000 with over 170 attendees from over 70 organisations; over 80 public contributions in response to the Discussion Document (see Table 1 for a list of the contributors), and seven regional discussion meetings held throughout the summer months (see Table 2 for meeting locations). I also chair an Agriculture Strategy Steering Group (see Table 3 for the membership list) created to advise me on the development of the Agriculture Strategy.Table 1: List of Public ContributorsAberdeenshire Council
Abernethy Trust
Angus Council
Argos Associates
Association of Deer Management Groups
The Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland
Bidwells
Cairngorms Partnership
Central Scotland Countryside Trust
CoSLA
Council for Scottish Archaeology
The Crofters Commission
Dr R H M Hay on behalf of the crop scientists of the International Crop Science Congress
Deer Commission for Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Easter Weens Enterprises
European Rural Exchange (Scottish network)
Farm Stock (Scotland) Ltd
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
- Scottish Borders
Forestry Commission
Formartine Partnership
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Committee on Church and Nation
The Highland Council
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
The Law Society of Scotland
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Meat and Livestock Commission
Midlothian Council
Moray Council
National Farmers' Union of Scotland
National Farmers' Union of Scotland
- Selkirk Branch
National Pig Association Scottish Campaign Group
National Pig Association Scottish Campaign Group
The National Trust for Scotland
North of Scotland Water Authority
Organic Farmers Scotland
Organic Scotland
Orkney Islands Council
The Paths for all Partnership
Perth & Kinross Council