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Yn gynharach eleni, fe wahoddais Gareth Williams yn ôl i adolygu’r cynnydd gyferbyn â’r argymhellion a wnaed ganddo yn ei adroddiad Hwyluso’r Drefn ac asesu a oedd gwelliannau wedi’u cyflawni.  Cyflwynodd Gareth Adroddiad Diweddaru ar Hwyluso’r Drefn – Gweithio Gyda’n Gilydd i Hybu Twf Busnesau Fferm yng Nghymru i mi, a nodais innau fy mod yn croesawu’r adroddiad hwnnw yn fy natganiad llafar ar 12 Mawrth.

Roedd ail adroddiad Gareth yn rhoi darlun positif o’r gwaith oedd yn digwydd i gyflawni’r 74 argymhelliad yn ei adroddiad gwreiddiol, sef Hwyluso’r Drefn (Adroddiad o argymhellion i Lywodraeth Cymru ar well rheoleiddio ym maes ffermio). Cafwyd cadarnhad bod 29 argymhelliad eisoes wedi’u cwblhau a bod gwaith yn mynd rhagddo  ar bron pob un o’r gweddill.

Bellach, mae ymateb Llywodraeth Cymru i’r adroddiad wedi’i gyhoeddi ac rwyf i wedi derbyn arfarniad Gareth o’r cynnydd mor belled, yn ogystal â’i gynigion ef ar gyfer y dyfodol a’r 4 argymhelliad newydd y mae wedi eu gwneud i mi.

Un argymhelliad allweddol oedd yn yr adroddiad gwreiddiol Hwyluso’r Drefn oedd y dylid cynnal cynhadledd ffermio flynyddol. Cynhelir y gynhadledd gyntaf ddydd Iau nesaf, yn Llandrindod a bydd prif cynrychiolwyr byd amaeth yn bresennol yno. Yn ogystal â chynnig platfform i Lywodraeth Cymru amlinellu ei chynlluniau ar gyfer amaethyddiaeth dros y deuddeg mis nesaf ac yn y tymor hirach, bydd y gynhadledd yn rhoi cyfle pwysig i randdeiliaid allweddol byd amaeth ddweud sut byddant yn cydweithio â’r Llywodraeth i gyflawni’r hyn sydd ei angen ar y diwydiant dros y blynyddoedd nesaf.

Mae Gareth wedi dweud bod rhaid cwblhau ei holl argymhellion erbyn Gorffennaf 2015 fan bellaf, ac rwyf innau wedi derbyn y terfyn amser heriol hwnnw. Rwy’n hyderus y bydd ein menter Hwyluso’r Drefn, ynghyd ag amryw o fesurau eraill gan gynnwys diwygio’r PAC, Cyswllt Ffermio, y Cynllun Cymorth i Newydd\-ddyfodiaid, a systemau ar\-lein, i enwi ond ychydig, yn cynnig cefnogaeth gynhwysfawr i’r diwydiant ffermio yng Nghymru. Bydd hyn, ynghyd â fframwaith rheoleiddio mwy rhesymol a phriodol, yn helpu ffermwyr \-yn enwedig y rheini sy’n barod i gofleidio newid \- i ganolbwyntio ar ehangu a datblygu eu busnesau i’w llawn botensial.

         





Translation:


 
Gareth Williams returned earlier this year at my invitation to review progress and to assess whether improvements sought through his Working Smarter recommendations have been achieved.  Gareth presented me with the *Working Smarter Update Report: Growing the Welsh Farm Business*, which I welcomed in the Oral Statement I made to the Assembly on 12 March.


Gareth’s second report presented a positive picture of the delivery of the 74 recommendations in his original Working Smarter report (*A report of recommendations to the Welsh Government on better regulation in farming*) confirming that  29 recommendations were already complete and almost all of the remainder were  being progressed.  


A Welsh Government response to the report has now been published and I have accepted Gareth’s appraisal of progress to date, and his recommended direction of travel including the 4 new recommendations he has made to me.


One key recommendation within the original Working Smarter report was the introduction of an annual  Farming Conference. The first of these will be held on Thursday in Llandrindod Wells. The conference will bring together the key players in agriculture. It will create a platform for the Welsh Government to set out its stall on our plans for agriculture during the next twelve months and in the longer term. Of equal importance, it will provide key stakeholders with an opportunity to state how they will work alongside Government  to deliver what the industry needs over the next few years.


Gareth has set an absolute deadline of July 2015 for the completion of all his recommendations and I have accepted that challenging deadline. I am confident that by 2015 our Working Smarter initiative combined with a range of other measures including CAP reform, Farming Connect, the Young Entrant Support Scheme, online systems to name but a few, will present the farming industry in Wales with a comprehensive support package. This, alongside a more measured and appropriate regulatory framework, will act as an enabler for  farmers, especially those prepared to embrace change  to concentrate on growing and developing their businesses to their full potential.