Miller Research was commissioned in January 2024 by Welsh Government to analyse the responses to the consultation ‘Sustainable Farming Scheme:  keeping farmers farming’. 

The consultation ran for 12 weeks from December 2023 to March 2024 and sought views on the Welsh Governments proposed approach to: 

• how farmers will be rewarded for responding to the climate and nature emergencies, as well as producing food in a sustainable way 

• how the scheme meets the objectives of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) 

• support available 

Miller Research was able to use their considerable expertise to conduct analysis of responses to this extensive consultation which included seven substantive chapters which were

• The Sustainable Farming Scheme framework 

• The Sustainable Farming Scheme process 

• Payment methodology 

• Transition Period 

• Basic Payment Scheme 

• Regulations 

• Evidence 

The consultation received a total of 12,108 responses which included over 3,000 responses to the 19 consultation questions and over 6,500 unique responses submitted in an alternative format including unique text submitted as a part of a campaign. Miller Research conducted quantitative analysis to eight open text box questions, and qualitative analysis all 19 questions which amounts to over 70,000 units of qualitative data. Miller Research provided a “summary of responses” report which is available here: Sustainable Farming Scheme