{"id":1023,"date":"2017-05-31T16:27:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T15:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2020-02-19T17:27:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T17:27:55","slug":"government-must-think-seriously-about-farm-and-rural-support-after-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/2017\/05\/31\/government-must-think-seriously-about-farm-and-rural-support-after-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"Government must think seriously about farm and rural support after Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Experts from the School of Economics Centre for European Agri-Environmental Studies<\/a> have said the government must create suitable replacement support for UK farmers once the country leaves the European Union and Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments stop. <\/strong><\/p>\n

In a paper written for the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) by Professor Sophia Davidova<\/span><\/a>, Dr Alastair Bailey<\/span><\/a> and honorary Professor Ulrike Hotopp<\/span><\/a>, they note that the loss of the CAP could have a significant effect on the UK farm economy<\/strong>, agri-environment and rural jobs.<\/p>\n

Analysis shows that the removal of the CAP without a replacement could risk the loss of about 250,000 jobs<\/strong> in non-farm small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), by considering both the direct and indirect effects of farmers\u2019 purchasing power.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the majority of affected jobs, around 200,000, would be in highly rural areas,<\/strong> which would have a significant negative impact on rural job markets and economies.<\/p>\n

The paper also notes that currently more than half of UK farms are heavily reliant upon CAP payments for their survival. Therefore, the government must think seriously about post-Brexit support to be put in place to ensure that UK farmers continue to contribute around 60% of domestic food supplies<\/strong> and to maintain the 70% of the UK land area they look after<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The paper adds that the government should see the end of access to the CAP as an opportunity to create a more effective system of subsidies<\/strong> that avoids the current situation where large, profitable farms receive the largest subsidies.<\/p>\n

Dr Alastair Bailey said the government should see the situation as an opportunity to create a replacement to the CAP<\/strong> that could ensure those most in need of support were given the biggest focus of any new proposals.<\/p>\n

The paper, Agriculture in the UK<\/span><\/em><\/a>, is the latest in NIESR\u2019s General Election briefing series<\/span><\/a> and has been written with the intention of providing informed and rigorous evidence<\/strong> on key areas of UK life in the run up to the General Election on 8 June.<\/p>\n

-ENDS-<\/p>\n

Article by Dan Worth, University of Kent Press Office<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Press coverage generated by this article:<\/p>\n

Farm Business: http:\/\/www.farmbusiness.co.uk\/business\/politics\/government-must-think-seriously-about-farm-and-rural-support-after-brexit.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Farming Life: http:\/\/www.farminglife.com\/farming-news\/government-must-think-seriously-about-farm-and-rural-support-after-brexit-1-7982890<\/a><\/p>\n

FG Insight: https:\/\/www.fginsight.com\/news\/250000-non-farming-jobs-to-go-if-farm-payments-ditched-21497<\/a><\/p>\n

Yorkshire Post: http:\/\/www.yorkshirepost.co.uk\/news\/thousands-of-jobs-dependent-on-future-farm-support-payments-study-finds-1-8569932<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scottish Farmer: http:\/\/www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk\/news\/15334219.CAP_exit_threatens_supply_chain_jobs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Farmers’ Union of Wales: http:\/\/fuw.org.uk\/if-agriculture-fails-so-will-our-rural-communities-fuw-warns\/?platform=hootsuite<\/a><\/p>\n

Narberth & Whitland Observer: http:\/\/www.narberth-and-whitland-today.co.uk\/article.cfm?id=110931&headline=Straws%20in%20the%20Wind%20by%20Meyrick%20Brown&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017<\/a><\/p>\n

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