Agrarian Diagnosis of South Pembrokeshire - South West wales (United Kingdom) General Synthesis

Abstract

This Agrarian Diagnosis has been funded as part of the “Carasso” project which aim is to assess the impact of the latest EU Common Agricultural Policy in different countries and regions. This project is the result of a partnership between AgroParisTech (Paris) and the CCRI (Countryside and Communities Research Institute, Université du Gloucestershire). South Pembrokeshire is located 150km west of Cardiff at the south-western tip of Wales. This scenic area is well known for its diversity of coastal landscapes and red soil. This work is an attempt at understanding farming systems’ evolutions in this landscape and to come up with an acute vision of what is at play from an environmental, economic point of view. This work is the result of a 6 month fieldwork in South Pembrokeshire where I in-depth interviewed 90 farms on their history and today’s way of farming