It Should Be UK Leading the Way in Sustainable Farming Methods

Posted by Rolf Joho on November 24th, 2009 filed in What Causes Global Warming

The UK government have received a formal recommendation by The Royal Society, a national science debate organization, suggesting that more resources are needed to develop pioneering sustainable farming techniques. 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.

One of the government’s top agricultural scientists, Professor John Beddington, has responded to the Royal Society’s claims and even elaborated on them. He has stated that “a number of solutions” are required to not only solve some of the problems that UK farming currently has, but also to be able to share knowledge and resources with those countries than follow the UK’s lead when it comes to agriculture.He stated that people are eating larger amounts of dairy and meat products currently, and this is increasing the demand for agricultural commodities needed to feed livestock. It was even claimed by Beddintion that by the year 2030, we could see a fifty percent rise in food demand.

On top of the £60mil that the UK currently invests in food sciences, a further £2bn is recommended by the Royal Society. The recommendation has been made on the basis that not only does the UK need to stabilize its own farming, but also look to help those less developed countries find feasible farming options that are sustainable. 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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