Defra.gov.uk is the website of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a department of the UK government responsible for protecting the environment and promoting sustainable development, as well as ensuring the country's food and farming industry is operating efficiently. The website provides a range of information and services related to aspects such as farming, fisheries, wildlife, air and water quality, waste management, and sustainable development. Users can access news and policy updates, publications, statistical data, maps, and guidance documents. The website also offers interactive tools and resources to support environmental management and decision-making at various levels.

Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters “Some farmers may choose not to spread fertiliser at all this year. “We hope this will be a central focus of the roundtable Defra has rightly called.”theguardian.comDefra has also introduced a range of other measures designed to help English farmers deal with rising prices, including a delay in any changes to permitting the use of urea fertiliser.

[18] Under this overarching aim, Defra has five strategic priorities: [19] Sustainable consumption and production, including responsibility for the National Waste Strategy.en.wikipedia.orgThe Secretary of State wrote in a letter to the Prime Minister that he saw Defra's mission as enabling a move toward what the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called "one planet living".

DEFRA funds a wide range of work to help farmers manage their land more sustainably, to improve animal welfare, and to reduce the negative impact of farming on the environment.howigotjob.comDEFRA manages the animal husbandry. It works with farmers to make sure that controlled livestock practices are used and that animal welfare is a key consideration.