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Farming Methods In UK Should Set Example
The national scientific debate committee known as The Royal Society has put forward a recommendation to UK government, stating that they should be investing more time and money into sustainable farming techniques and setting an example to other countries. Further to this they state that the UK needs to consider how to support farmers and rural populations through their farming methods, when most advances in agriculture seem to be promoting mechanical and automated farming systems that are putting people out of work. From new roaming seeding machines to factory glassware production for product bottling, they are not taking the local communities into consideration.
In response to these calls from the Royal Society, Professor John Beddington, the government’s chief scientist on agriculture has claimed that a “range of solutions” would be needed, not only to secure farming the in the UK, but to also develop sustainable farming methods in other countries who look to us for guidance.He said that national demand for agricultural commodities is definitely on the increase, largely as a result of the rise in the amount of dairy and meat products we are eating causing increased demand for livestock feed. In fact, Beddington suggests that the UK will see a 50% increase in food demand by the year 2030.
As an addition to the £50m that is currently spent on scientific research for food farming every year in the UK, the Royal Society suggested another £2bn be invested to firstly combat domestic issues, but more importantly start the process of solving the problems faced in third world and developing countries. It is these countries that have the most pressure on them to produce crops at unreasonably low cost and many have turned to the less stable farming methods in order to achieve this, which can mean they have very hard habits to break
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