There is consensus that the CoIoC Final Report is a useful reference document that can be used to steer crofting reform, whilst recognising that not all of the recommendations are acceptable. There has been opinion at both ends of the spectrum from ‘bin Shucksmith’ to ‘this is the best thing to have happened to crofting’, with the majority recognising that crofting has problems and that change has to happen, but carefully. The whole Inquiry process has been very useful in stimulating discussion on crofting.
COP 26: Agriculture is an easy scapegoat, but us crofters will have to do our bit
Pic: Willie Urquhart By DONALD MACKINNON, chairman of the Scottish Crofting Federation. With world leaders gathering...