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Y&H Rural Evidence Base 2008       

July 2008: Work has commenced to produce the Y&H Rural Evidence Base for 2008, to be published by December.

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Yorkshire and The Humber Rural Evidence Base 2007       

This is the third Rural Evidence Base report following its initial publication in 2005. The report follows similar themes to the region's main annual monitoring document - Progress in the Region.

Follow this link to read the summary and download the full report

Regional Rural Insights       

The Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) recently commissioned a survey into the perceptions and priorities of people living in rural areas. This data was reported on in their national Rural Insights Report 2006. The Rural Observatory was provided with regional Rural Insights data and have produce a regional report that analyses the views of those living in Yorkshire and The Humber.

Follow this link to read the summary and download the full report

Succession Planning Within Family Farms of Yorkshire & The Humber 2007       

This report has been produced by the Yorkshire Rural Support Network for the Framework for Change Yorkshire and The Humber. It is a study into succession planning for family farms across the region, collating people's views and opinions.

Follow this link to download a copy of the full report.

Year of Food and Farming       

The Year of Food and Farming initiative begins in September 2007. It is an industry-led initiative with full Government support designed to promote understanding of farming and healthy food. It has key aims and objectives for the year, all of which are detailed in the executive summary.

Follow this link to download the Year of Food and Farming executive summary

Rural Evidence Base 2006 Full Document and Summary       

The Rural Evidence Base for 2006 is now available. Follow the link below to open the full document (5,130kb). (A summary of the 2006 report and last year's Rural Evidence Base 2005 are also available).

Rural Evidence Base 2006 and Summary Document pdf copy.....

New Search Tool       

Yorkshire Futures - the hosts of the Rural Observatory website - have developed a new search tool on their site. This allows searching of partner sites - including the Rural Observatory site.

For further information about how to access and use the search engine follow this link