Income from farming in England plummeted by 19% last year after floods meant harvesting many crops was impossible.
Farmers have called for more support from the government as the climate breaks down, meaning agricultural businesses are no longer able to count on mild UK weather and increasingly face drought and floods.
Farms also contributed less to England’s economy in 2023 at £10bn, a fall of £1bn or 8.7% compared with 2022. Farmers’ total income from agriculture in England was £4.5bn, down £1.1bn or 19.0% compared with 2022.
The drop in total income was driven by a large decrease in crop outputs, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Output, crops that came off farms to be sold, was £9.9bn, down £1.5bn or 13.1% compared with 2022. This was caused by a mixture of a crash in prices of crops such as wheat, combined with poor yields.
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This calls for urgent measures by the relevant government so as to deal with the issues of climate change.
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Damn!!! Do you know how largely this will affect crop yields and food over the next year? The prices of goods will go up as a result of this and life becomes more expensive due to climate change. UK, are you willing to act now?
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@munene_mugambi I can imagine, it's sad. I noted even fields that produce wines are highly affected.
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Climate change is an issue that should be addressed from its core if the world is to become sustainable and in balance
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@rosebellendiritu It obviously has become a current issue and not something we refer to in the future. Climate change has become a menace and the only way to best it is to correct course and go sustainable.
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Climate change effects cause lots of damage and uncountable losses. I.e the floods and droughts.
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@tabitha_kimani And the effects also cause problems of land degradation which leads to stable land suddenly become unarable land. Agricultural practices suddenly are rendered impossible in places where such catastrophic events occur.
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Governments should put in place robust climate adaptation strategies to enhance the resilience of food production systems.
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This highlights the urgent need for climate resilience measures in agriculture.⚠