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Farming in Britain
Where can I find information on Farming in Britain?
Woodlands Junior School is in the south-east corner of England
What is farming?
It is the growing of crops and the rearing of animals.
Farming in Britain
Farming
Farming contributed £5.6 billion to the UK economy in 2006. The total area of agricultural land in 2006 was 18.7 million hectares, about 77 per cent of the total land area in the United Kingdom (excluding inland water).
Farming in Britain has changed a great deal in the last 30 years. Farming used to employ a great many people in Britain but nowadays, with machinery, a few people can run a huge farm of thousands of hectares.
Agriculture provides around 60 per cent of Britain's food needs even though it employs just 1.4 per cent of the country's labour force. Britain's agriculture is under pressure to change at the moment. Farmers are under pressure to adopt more environmentally friendly methods such as organic farming. Organic farming does not use artificial chemicals that can damage the environment and human health. Its popularity has grown rapidly in recent years.
Agriculture Products
cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish
There are many types of farming in Britain.
Different types of farming occur in different regions of Britain. This is due to the influence of relief, climate (especially precipitation and temperature), soil type and to an extent closeness to the market. Upland areas generally lend themselves to sheep farming. Flat areas to crop production and wet/warm areas to milk and beef production.
Some parts of Britain have excellent soil for crops, while others are used for cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry.
In the north-west of England, Wales and Scotland, farmers keep cattle and sheep. Sheep can survive the cold winters on the hills and moors.
Sheep on the Yorkshire moors
In the south-west of England, the rich grass is ideal for feeding dairy cows.
Cows
In the south-east of England and the lowlands of Scotland, grain, potatoes and sugar beet are grown.
Sugar beet crop
In the east of England (East Anglia), wheat, barley and vegetables grow in enormous fields.
wheat crop
Types of Farming:
* arable (growing of crops and cereals)
The UK is the fourth largest producer of cereal and oilseed crops in the EU (after France, Germany and Poland) accounting for about 8% of total EU production.
* pastoral (rearing and production of animals including pigs, chickens, hill farming sheep, beef and dairy cattle)
* mixed farming (combination of arable and pastoral)
* horticulture (production of flowers, fruit, vegetables or ornamental plants)
* market gardening (production of fruit and vegetables)
* viticulture (grapes).
Principal crops:
* wheat, (the most widely grown arable crop in the UK)
* barley,
* oats,
* potatoes,
* sugar beet, (The UK is the fifth largest producer of sugar beet)
* vegetables,
* oil seed rape,
* fruits.
Livestock products:
* poultry,
* sheep,
* cattle,
* milk,
* meat,
* eggs,
* wool.
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Woodlands Junior School, Hunt Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4BB UK
Woodlands Junior School is in the south-east corner of England
What is farming?
It is the growing of crops and the rearing of animals.
Farming in Britain
Farming
Farming contributed £5.6 billion to the UK economy in 2006. The total area of agricultural land in 2006 was 18.7 million hectares, about 77 per cent of the total land area in the United Kingdom (excluding inland water).
Farming in Britain has changed a great deal in the last 30 years. Farming used to employ a great many people in Britain but nowadays, with machinery, a few people can run a huge farm of thousands of hectares.
Agriculture provides around 60 per cent of Britain's food needs even though it employs just 1.4 per cent of the country's labour force. Britain's agriculture is under pressure to change at the moment. Farmers are under pressure to adopt more environmentally friendly methods such as organic farming. Organic farming does not use artificial chemicals that can damage the environment and human health. Its popularity has grown rapidly in recent years.
Agriculture Products
cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish
There are many types of farming in Britain.
Different types of farming occur in different regions of Britain. This is due to the influence of relief, climate (especially precipitation and temperature), soil type and to an extent closeness to the market. Upland areas generally lend themselves to sheep farming. Flat areas to crop production and wet/warm areas to milk and beef production.
Some parts of Britain have excellent soil for crops, while others are used for cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry.
In the north-west of England, Wales and Scotland, farmers keep cattle and sheep. Sheep can survive the cold winters on the hills and moors.
Sheep on the Yorkshire moors
In the south-west of England, the rich grass is ideal for feeding dairy cows.
Cows
In the south-east of England and the lowlands of Scotland, grain, potatoes and sugar beet are grown.
Sugar beet crop
In the east of England (East Anglia), wheat, barley and vegetables grow in enormous fields.
wheat crop
Types of Farming:
* arable (growing of crops and cereals)
The UK is the fourth largest producer of cereal and oilseed crops in the EU (after France, Germany and Poland) accounting for about 8% of total EU production.
* pastoral (rearing and production of animals including pigs, chickens, hill farming sheep, beef and dairy cattle)
* mixed farming (combination of arable and pastoral)
* horticulture (production of flowers, fruit, vegetables or ornamental plants)
* market gardening (production of fruit and vegetables)
* viticulture (grapes).
Principal crops:
* wheat, (the most widely grown arable crop in the UK)
* barley,
* oats,
* potatoes,
* sugar beet, (The UK is the fifth largest producer of sugar beet)
* vegetables,
* oil seed rape,
* fruits.
Livestock products:
* poultry,
* sheep,
* cattle,
* milk,
* meat,
* eggs,
* wool.
back to the topLearn about England and the other countries in Britain
from the children who live in ther
Follow this link to report typos, bad links or general mistakes
Events and special days in the UK
British Life
Pooh down the River Thames
Flat Stanley
British History
Click here to see us on Twitter
About Us | Search | Site Map | Feedback | User Information | Contact Us
© Copyright - please read
All the materials on these pages are free for educational use only. You may not redistribute, sell or place the content of this page on any other website or blog without written permission from Mandy Barrow, Woodlands Junior School. If you have any questions about the use of these materials please email us.
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Woodlands Junior School, Hunt Road Tonbridge Kent TN10 4BB UK
Kamis, 06 Januari 2011
The Ethiopian News Agency
EPRDF Enables to Increase Agricultural Production: Executive Committee
Addis Ababa, November 7, 2010 (Addis Ababa) - The Executive Committee of EPRDF said it has enabled to register an agricultural production growth.
In a meeting it held here on Saturday, the Executive Committee had found that the development of infrastructure and prevalence of good governance were the major factors for in the increase in agricultural production.
It said role model farmers should be taken an exemplary to replicate agricultural productivity growth in all parts of the country.
The Executive Committee stressed the need that providing necessary training and support to the farming community would help increase agricultural productivity.
Further expanding irrigation development schemes and development of river basins are among the many things that help increase agricultural production growth.
It also underlined the need to fill in the gap of agricultural products' transaction.
It also discussed the importance of expanding micro finance institutions so that farmers have access to loan and saving.
The Executive Committee also deliberated on the significance of developing the culture of saving among the farming community.
The prevalence of multi-party system which enables to develop democracy in the country has enabled to achieve development across the nation.
This has also helped bring about national consensus among the people in the country, the Executive Committee said.
It urged the public at large to work hard for the realization of renaissance of Ethiopia.
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EPRDF Enables to Increase Agricultural Production: Executive Committee
Ethiopia Secures 52 Million US Dollars from Gold Export in First Quarter
(c) The Ethiopian News Agency
Addis Ababa, November 7, 2010 (Addis Ababa) - The Executive Committee of EPRDF said it has enabled to register an agricultural production growth.
In a meeting it held here on Saturday, the Executive Committee had found that the development of infrastructure and prevalence of good governance were the major factors for in the increase in agricultural production.
It said role model farmers should be taken an exemplary to replicate agricultural productivity growth in all parts of the country.
The Executive Committee stressed the need that providing necessary training and support to the farming community would help increase agricultural productivity.
Further expanding irrigation development schemes and development of river basins are among the many things that help increase agricultural production growth.
It also underlined the need to fill in the gap of agricultural products' transaction.
It also discussed the importance of expanding micro finance institutions so that farmers have access to loan and saving.
The Executive Committee also deliberated on the significance of developing the culture of saving among the farming community.
The prevalence of multi-party system which enables to develop democracy in the country has enabled to achieve development across the nation.
This has also helped bring about national consensus among the people in the country, the Executive Committee said.
It urged the public at large to work hard for the realization of renaissance of Ethiopia.
T-10:01-10:21 AM
E-11 minutes
---END---
Headlines
EPRDF Enables to Increase Agricultural Production: Executive Committee
Ethiopia Secures 52 Million US Dollars from Gold Export in First Quarter
(c) The Ethiopian News Agency
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Volume 31, Issues 2-3, December 2004, Pages 181-195
Current Issues in the Economics of Agriculture, Food, and Resources: Reshaping Agriculture's Contributions to Society
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Strategies to increase agricultural productivity and reduce land degradation: evidence from Uganda
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John Pendera, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, Ephraim Nkonyaa, Pamela Jaggera, Dick Sserunkuumab and Henry Ssalic
aInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2033 K St., NW, Washington, DC 20006-1002, USA
bMakerere University, Kampala, Uganda
cNational Agricultural Research Organization, Kampala, Uganda
Available online 17 November 2004.
Abstract
This paper estimates a structural econometric model of household decisions regarding income strategies, participation in programs and organisations, crop choices, land management, and labour use, and their implications for agricultural production and soil erosion; based upon a survey of over 450 households and their farm plots in Uganda. Many factors have context-specific impacts and involve trade-offs between increasing production and reducing land degradation. Government agricultural extension and training programs contribute to higher value of crop production in the lowlands, but to soil erosion in the highlands. By contrast, non-governmental organization (NGO) programs focusing on agriculture and environment help to reduce erosion, but have less favourable impacts on production in the lowlands. Education increases household incomes, but also reduces crop production in the lowlands. Poverty has mixed impacts on agricultural production, depending on the nature of poverty: smaller farms obtain higher crop production per hectare, while households with fewer livestock have lower crop production. Population pressure contributes to agricultural intensification, but also to erosion in the densely populated highlands. Several household income strategies contribute to increased value of crop production, without significant impacts on soil erosion. We find little evidence of impact of access to markets, roads and credit, land tenure or title on agricultural intensification and crop production and land degradation. In general, the results imply that the strategies to increase agricultural production and reduce land degradation must be location-specific, and that there are few ‘win-win’ opportunities to simultaneously increase production and reduce land degradation.
Keywords: Agricultural productivity; Land degradation; Agricultural development strategies; Sustainable land management, Uganda
JEL classification: Q01; Q24; Q12; Q18
Article Outline
1.
Introduction
2.
Methodology
2.1. Empirical model
2.2. Value of crop production
2.3. Crop choice, labour use and land management
2.4. Income strategies and participation in programs and organisations
2.5. Soil erosion
2.6. Dependent variables
2.7. Explanatory variables
2.8. Hypotheses
2.9. Data
2.10. Analysis
3.
Results
3.1. Value of production
3.2. Erosion
3.3. Potential impacts of selected interventions
4.
Conclusions and implications
References
Table 1. Determinants of output value and predicted erosion View table in article
*, **, *** mean reported coefficient is statistically significant at 10%, 5% or 1% level, respectively.
a Coefficients of agro-climatic zones, altitude, plot quality variables (slope, position on slope, soil depth, texture, colour and perceived fertility) and ethnic groups in reduced form not reported due to space limitations. Full regression results available upon request.
b Variables that were jointly statistically insignificant in the OLS and full version of the IV regressions were excluded from the reported restricted IV regressions. Hausman tests failed to reject OLS model for value of crop production (P = 1.000) and erosion (P = 0.432).
Table 2. Simulated impacts of changes in selected variables on outcomesa View table in article
*, **, *** mean direct effect is based on a coefficient that is statistically significant in the OLS regression at 10%, 5% or 1% level, respectively. Statistical significance of indirect effects not computed. +, ++, +++ and −, −−, −−− mean direct effect in is of the sign shown and statistically significant in the IV regression at 10%, 5% or 1% level, respectively.
a Simulation results for direct effects based upon predictions from OLS model regressions reported in Table 1. Results of regressions predicting choices of income sources, crops, land management practices and labour use were used to predict indirect impacts.
Table 3. Simulated impacts of changes in selected variables on outcomes, lowlands vs. highlands (total effects)a View table in article
*, **, *** mean direct effect is based on a coefficient that is statistically significant in the OLS regression at 10%, 5% or 1% level, respectively. Statistical significance of indirect effects not computed. +, ++, +++ and −, −−, −−− mean direct effect in is of the sign shown and statistically significant in the IV regression at 10%, 5% or 1% level, respectively. R means that the coefficient is of the same sign and statistically significant in the reduced form regression. Since participation in agricultural training, extension and organisations were excluded from the reduced form regressions, the robustness of the total effects for these variables could not be shown.
a Simulation results for direct effects based upon predictions from OLS model regressions reported in Table 1. Results of regressions predicting choices of income sources, participation in programs and organisations, crops, land management practices and labour use were used to predict indirect impacts.
Corresponding Author Contact InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 202 862 5645; fax: +1 703 426 0416.
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Current Issues in the Economics of Agriculture, Food, and Resources: Reshaping Agriculture's Contributions to Society
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Strategies to increase agricultural productivity and reduce land degradation: evidence from Uganda
Alert
This article is not included in your organization's subscription. However, you may be able to access this article under your organization's agreement with Elsevier.
John Pendera, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, Ephraim Nkonyaa, Pamela Jaggera, Dick Sserunkuumab and Henry Ssalic
aInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2033 K St., NW, Washington, DC 20006-1002, USA
bMakerere University, Kampala, Uganda
cNational Agricultural Research Organization, Kampala, Uganda
Available online 17 November 2004.
Abstract
This paper estimates a structural econometric model of household decisions regarding income strategies, participation in programs and organisations, crop choices, land management, and labour use, and their implications for agricultural production and soil erosion; based upon a survey of over 450 households and their farm plots in Uganda. Many factors have context-specific impacts and involve trade-offs between increasing production and reducing land degradation. Government agricultural extension and training programs contribute to higher value of crop production in the lowlands, but to soil erosion in the highlands. By contrast, non-governmental organization (NGO) programs focusing on agriculture and environment help to reduce erosion, but have less favourable impacts on production in the lowlands. Education increases household incomes, but also reduces crop production in the lowlands. Poverty has mixed impacts on agricultural production, depending on the nature of poverty: smaller farms obtain higher crop production per hectare, while households with fewer livestock have lower crop production. Population pressure contributes to agricultural intensification, but also to erosion in the densely populated highlands. Several household income strategies contribute to increased value of crop production, without significant impacts on soil erosion. We find little evidence of impact of access to markets, roads and credit, land tenure or title on agricultural intensification and crop production and land degradation. In general, the results imply that the strategies to increase agricultural production and reduce land degradation must be location-specific, and that there are few ‘win-win’ opportunities to simultaneously increase production and reduce land degradation.
Keywords: Agricultural productivity; Land degradation; Agricultural development strategies; Sustainable land management, Uganda
JEL classification: Q01; Q24; Q12; Q18
Article Outline
1.
Introduction
2.
Methodology
2.1. Empirical model
2.2. Value of crop production
2.3. Crop choice, labour use and land management
2.4. Income strategies and participation in programs and organisations
2.5. Soil erosion
2.6. Dependent variables
2.7. Explanatory variables
2.8. Hypotheses
2.9. Data
2.10. Analysis
3.
Results
3.1. Value of production
3.2. Erosion
3.3. Potential impacts of selected interventions
4.
Conclusions and implications
References
Table 1. Determinants of output value and predicted erosion View table in article
*, **, *** mean reported coefficient is statistically significant at 10%, 5% or 1% level, respectively.
a Coefficients of agro-climatic zones, altitude, plot quality variables (slope, position on slope, soil depth, texture, colour and perceived fertility) and ethnic groups in reduced form not reported due to space limitations. Full regression results available upon request.
b Variables that were jointly statistically insignificant in the OLS and full version of the IV regressions were excluded from the reported restricted IV regressions. Hausman tests failed to reject OLS model for value of crop production (P = 1.000) and erosion (P = 0.432).
Table 2. Simulated impacts of changes in selected variables on outcomesa View table in article
*, **, *** mean direct effect is based on a coefficient that is statistically significant in the OLS regression at 10%, 5% or 1% level, respectively. Statistical significance of indirect effects not computed. +, ++, +++ and −, −−, −−− mean direct effect in is of the sign shown and statistically significant in the IV regression at 10%, 5% or 1% level, respectively.
a Simulation results for direct effects based upon predictions from OLS model regressions reported in Table 1. Results of regressions predicting choices of income sources, crops, land management practices and labour use were used to predict indirect impacts.
Table 3. Simulated impacts of changes in selected variables on outcomes, lowlands vs. highlands (total effects)a View table in article
*, **, *** mean direct effect is based on a coefficient that is statistically significant in the OLS regression at 10%, 5% or 1% level, respectively. Statistical significance of indirect effects not computed. +, ++, +++ and −, −−, −−− mean direct effect in is of the sign shown and statistically significant in the IV regression at 10%, 5% or 1% level, respectively. R means that the coefficient is of the same sign and statistically significant in the reduced form regression. Since participation in agricultural training, extension and organisations were excluded from the reduced form regressions, the robustness of the total effects for these variables could not be shown.
a Simulation results for direct effects based upon predictions from OLS model regressions reported in Table 1. Results of regressions predicting choices of income sources, participation in programs and organisations, crops, land management practices and labour use were used to predict indirect impacts.
Corresponding Author Contact InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 202 862 5645; fax: +1 703 426 0416.
Agricultural Economics
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Current Issues in the Economics of Agriculture, Food, and Resources: Reshaping Agriculture's Contributions to Society
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