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RABI – 144 Years of Supporting a Changing Industry

A history of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Fund and an account of its current role and challenges.

Year of Publication2004

The enthusiasm and drive of a Victorian farmer was responsible not only for saving hundreds of elderly farmers from destitution but also of establishing the charity which currently provides support for over 1,600 retired and disabled members of the farming community. Like the industry it serves, RABI has changed dramatically over the past decade, helping thousands of working farming families through BSE and foot and mouth. Now, with a growing number of farmers leaving the industry, many with insufficient funds to support them in retirement, RABI faces a new challenge, that of ensuring it has sufficient funds to meet its future commitments.

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