How to build resilience to water scarcity: Practical Guide
Our climate is changing. How this impacts the agriculture sector is going to be down to how resilient the businesses can become. But where do you start? New guidance from CREW, Centre of expertise for waters, has been released on ‘Planning for Water Scarcity: Practical guidance for Scottish farmers and growers’. In this podcast, David Haro Monteagudo from Aberdeen University and Fiona Salter, SAC Consulting, discuss current climate trends and break down the guide to focus this episode on ‘How resilient is your farm business to water scarcity?’https://www.crew.ac.uk/
Supporting material
Planning for Water Scarcity: Practical guidance for Scottish farmers and growers https://www.crew.ac.uk/publications/planning-for-water-scarcity
Drought Risk Assessment Tool https://www2.sepa.org.uk/drought-risk-assessment-tool
SEPA Abstraction https://beta.sepa.scot/regulation/authorisations-and-compliance/easr-authorisations/water-activities/
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