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AIC welcomes Defra cap on SFI actions in move to sustain food production
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerm" data-source="post: 9233329" data-attributes="member: 7195"><p>I doubt there is a MP within the whole of parliament that believes the UK needs to be any more than 60% self sufficient in food or even 40%. The probability of the UK being entirely cut of from global food supplies is negligible. All widely accepted economic analysis indicates the greater economic benefits come from cheap food imports over encouraging greater domestic food production. As producers we may not like it but these are the facts the educated see when they look at the numbers. The 25% limitation knee jerk this week by those in power is not because they see "too many farmers taking land out of production" as being a food security issue but rather they are terrified of further politically damaging newspaper headlines in an election year!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerm, post: 9233329, member: 7195"] I doubt there is a MP within the whole of parliament that believes the UK needs to be any more than 60% self sufficient in food or even 40%. The probability of the UK being entirely cut of from global food supplies is negligible. All widely accepted economic analysis indicates the greater economic benefits come from cheap food imports over encouraging greater domestic food production. As producers we may not like it but these are the facts the educated see when they look at the numbers. The 25% limitation knee jerk this week by those in power is not because they see "too many farmers taking land out of production" as being a food security issue but rather they are terrified of further politically damaging newspaper headlines in an election year! [/QUOTE]
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