DEFRA - Rural Development

Rural Development portal from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (DEFRA). Provides information on topics such as farm diversification,
regional development and the Rural Task Force.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/default.htm

DEFRA: Rural Affairs Forum for England

Meeting minutes and conference reports from the official national sounding board
so that Ministers "have regular and direct contact with the main rural
groups so that they know what is going on and what countryside people
think".

http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DEFRA. The UK Government department tasked with issues such as the environment,
rural development, the countryside, wildlife, animal welfare and sustainable
development. Formerly MAFF, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foods.

http://www.defra.gov.uk

MAGIC

Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside brings together
definitive rural designation boundaries and information about rural land-based
schemes.

http://www.magic.gov.uk/