Next steps for women in farming diversification in Wales

MacBride-Stewart, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1562-9536, Baker, Lucy, Parken, Alison and Bonner, Elen 2025. Next steps for women in farming diversification in Wales. [Online]. lpip.cymru: Cymru Wledig LPIP Rural Wales. Available at: https://www.lpip.cymru/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/...

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Abstract

Farming diversification is recognised as an economic necessity for farms. In Wales, diversification has received some much-needed cross-party attention, with recommendations focused on policy adjustments to encourage rural economic growth (Cross-Party Group for Rural Growth 2024). Yet women’s contribution to farming and farm diversification is not fully valued and documented. The aim of this policy brief is to provide research evidence that can show women’s contribution to farm diversification in Wales. Based on literature reviews and interviews (30), it establishes 4 recommendations to improve the outcomes for women, through economic, environmental, social and cultural and personal pathways. These are: Policy and resource that can provide business advice tailored to women and farming; rural development policy that supports future opportunities for women; diversification policy that addresses the challenges for women andrecognises women’s contributions; and diversification support that can build on and learn from what already works. These co-created recommendations have been confirmed with women in farming diversification so that the findings can be confidently applied in policy.

Item Type:	Website Content
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	Cymru Wledig LPIP Rural Wales
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2026 10:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183942

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