As part of the Eisteddfod AmGen virtual events, Arsyllfa held a series of sessions on the economy in Wales. The second session ‘Defining Language and the Economy / Language Economy using Arfor as a case study’ was broadcast during the Eisteddfod AmGen week. The...
As part of this year's Eisteddfod AmGen events, Arsyllfa held a series of sessions relating to the economy in Wales. The first session ‘From the community up; A new way for market towns' was an opportunity to look at how some Welsh towns had been affected by Covid-19...
Aberystwyth University and the Welsh Local Government Association Rural Forum are working together on a rural recovery plan for Wales that will aim to deliver a new vision for rural Wales in 2030. The work is part of the pan-European ROBUST project, a European project...
For many years, the farming unions, academic experts, and manufacturers have stressed that food security is an issue that needs desperate attention and the last few months of lockdown and social distancing has shone a very bright light on these concerns. Chaired by...
It is incredible to think that there are 5 billion smart phone users in the world, and that on average, they each use 40 exabytes of data each month. And if you don’t know what an exabyte is, for the purposes of this piece, 40 of them times 5 billion, is quite a lot!...
Is digital innovation – a descriptive term for artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), use of big data – a threat or an opportunity for rural areas? Well, the short answer is, ‘it’s both a threat and an opportunity’. The most obvious risk is that...
While it is accepted that digital innovation is a game changer, it remains difficult to define. Professor Phil Brown, chair of the Welsh Government’s Review of Digital Innovation, usefully refers to digital innovation as the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the...
For many of us, this year didn’t quite seem the same without the physical phenomenon of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, a calendar highlight in the farming year. But whilst it wasn’t possible to get together with colleagues and friends over an artisan sausage...
Arfor is a socio-economic network of four Welsh counties, which will work in unison for the benefit and future of the Welsh language. The concept has evolved over a number of years, largely by policymakers and language planners and will embody the counties of...
Already a thriving and living language in many communities, the Welsh language is used by an array of businesses not only in the workplace but while creating products and providing services. It’s an integral part of the business offer. A good example of how the Welsh...
Thoughts on a Charter for Rural Wales A network of independent organisations and individuals with extensive knowledge and experience of living and working in Rural Wales have come together to highlight the potential of our rural areas and seek support to capitalise on...
As Arsyllfa enters the second phase of its delivery, the project team concludes that its work is more important than ever, as communities across Carmarthenshire come to terms with the impact of Covid-19. Phase 1, which came to an end in June, focussed on the...
