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The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
Multiple Benefits of Agriculture
Andrew Clark
Head of Policy Services
National Farmers Union
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
“The landscape of England and Wales is a striking example of the interdependence between the satisfaction of man’s material wants and the creation of beauty…the beauty of the countryside is the direct result of the cultivation of the soil and there is no antagonism between use and beauty”.
1942 Scott Committee on Land Utilisation
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
The multiple roles of farming in the 21st Century
• Food producers• Environmental stewards• Climate managers• Cultural guardians• Producers of renewable fuels and fibres• Flood managers and water gathers
• Changing and complex emphasis on these roles
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
Region 2007 (Millions)
2050 (Millions)
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Change
World 6,671 9,191 +38%
High Income 1,223 1,245 +2%
Low Income 5,448 7,946 +46%
Africa 965 1,998 +107%
Asia 4,030 5,266 +31%
Latin America 572 769 +34%
North America 339 445 +31%
Europe 731 664 -9%
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
UK Agri-Environment schemes
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Thousand Hectares
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
Farming’s Climate Change footprint
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
Farming and Climate Change
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
The challenge of value…
• Doubt about farming’s role• ‘Benefit’ is often a non-excludable public good• Perspective driven value judgements• Income foregone and costs of management• Monopsonistic market for environmental goods
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
Summary• Expectations are changing – priorities
shifting• Choice is not between roles but
integrating roles• New roles mean new challenges• Challenge of valuation
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
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