According to the British government estimation, almost one -tenth of all British farmland needs to “play” by 2050 to achieve the Green Agenda goal.
According to the government's “land use framework”, about 760,000 hectares and about 9 % of British farmland need to “leave farmland for the benefit of environment and climate.” Financial Times Report。
A government report stated that 9 % of the farmland needs to adopt a so -called “sustainable” agricultural practice to achieve climate goals.
This movement can depend on foreign imports to meet the need for food supply, and the country has already imported it. About 40 % The food.
The report claims that the decrease in land that is concentrated in food production can be reduced by using technology and new agricultural practices to increase yields.
“The main purpose of agriculture is to always produce foods that give nutrition to the country,” said Steve Reed, a captain of the Environment. He said that it would be useful for making a decision.
However, critics such as Victoria Vivien, the chairman of the Countryland and the Business Association, warned that the report could build the government's “mission creep”. She warned that the farmers were not allowed to grow, plant, and grow them in their land what they are.
“When the nation is involved, the trend is only to be more normative,” Vivien said. “Today, the framework may be a light touch, but not tomorrow.”
Tom Blood Show, the head of the National Farmers Union (NFU), I said “This framework is essential to further restrict the abilities of farmers producing national food.”
“Above all, we need a government to listen to transparency, grant, and listen to, and for the first time, we will get a land use framework provided to consumers, environments, and British agriculture,” he said. I did it.
The Brad Show also called for the introduction of “UK food production”, as the government did for Green Agenda, and the British farmers “imported and competitive with imported goods that would be illegal to produce. Here is the introduction of trade protection and standards to guarantee that it is not necessary.
Further green attacks on the British agricultural industry can destroy the harvest due to recent floods and heavy rains, as well as high inflation and soaring energy costs.
Farmers also expressed their anger at the left -wing labor government's plan to delete inheritance tax exemption from many farms. Farms, which were evaluated as at least 1 million pounds (2 million pounds for married couples), will face 20 % inheritance tax by 2026.
Many farmers are operated at a thin profit margin, so many people warn that many people will forced their families to sell a part of the land just to pay taxes when their parents died. I am. As a result, large -scale protests have been held nationwide in recent months.
Similar schemes that close farms to achieve climate goals have previously caused a wide range of protests in Europe, especially in the Netherlands. At the request of the EU, the previous government tried to forcibly close 30 % of national farmland to reduce nitrogen emissions. The current populist -led government, including the BBB party, is trying to counteract the climate dictat from Brussels. However, the dispute is underway.
