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The Agriculture and Food Investigation Team (AFIT) is located in the Department of Agricultural and Food Economics within the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development.  It is one of six members of Rural Business Research the largest specialist group of its kind in the UK, researching agriculture, business and the rural sector. 

 

Our researchers are principally involved with the Farm Business Survey.  The FBS is conducted nationally and AFIT has responsibility for the whole of the South East and large parts of the South West and West Midlands Government Office Regions. The team has particular expertise in the economics of horticulture and poultry production.  

 

Regional Workshops

We are once again running a series of Regional Events/Workshops and we would like to invite you to join us. We will aim to explain the results and workings of the FBS, show you some of the internet reports available and introduce you to our interactive benchmarking service. 

The Reading Event is on :  14th February 2012 at Worcester Rugby Club, Sixways Stadium, Worcester, WR3 8ZE

More details can be found at:  http://www.farmbusinesssurvey.co.uk/workshops/