Results of a Survey of UK Farmers on Food System Vulnerability over the Short and Long Term
<p>Classification of the location of the farmers by the UK region of the survey participants.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Classification of the size of the farms by the survey participants.</p> "> Figure 3
<p>Classification of the length of time that the survey participants have been farmers.</p> "> Figure 4
<p>Classification of the types of farming of the survey participants.</p> "> Figure 5
<p>Plausibility of the Societal Event as a function of time. Results of “In your opinion, how plausible is this Societal Event to occur in the next 10 years?” (blue) and “In your opinion, how plausible is this Societal Event to occur in the next 50 years?” (orange). Results given as a percentage of total survey respondents. (<b>Top</b>) panel is the results from the farmer survey presented in this paper, while the (<b>lower</b>) panel is the results from the expert elicitation for comparison [<a href="#B12-sustainability-16-06851" class="html-bibr">12</a>].</p> "> Figure 6
<p>The causes of Food System Scenario 1 (insufficient UK food) over the 10-year time period, showing the causes that were chosen by at least 10 farmers.</p> "> Figure 7
<p>The causes of Food System Scenario 2 (food distribution problem) over the 10-year time period, showing the causes that were chosen by at least 10 farmers.</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- What are the drivers of the UK’s future food system and how might they interact to influence national food and nutrition security?
2. Literature Review
3. Methods
Societal Event
4. Results
Causal Pathways Leading to Different Food System Scenarios
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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UK Region | Farm Size | Duration (Years) | Type of Farming | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South West | 50–100 hectares | 20 to 40 | arable crops, beef cattle, dairy |
2 | East Midlands | >200 hectares | 10 to 20 | arable crops, beef cattle, sheep, other |
3 | South West | 100–200 hectares | Over 40 | dairy |
4 | South West | >200 hectares | 20 to 40 | horticultural crops, arable crops, beef cattle, dairy |
5 | South West | 100–200 hectares | 10 to 20 | beef cattle, poultry |
6 | South West | 15–50 hectares | 20 to 40 | arable crops, sheep, poultry |
7 | Wales | 15–50 hectares | 10 to 20 | dairy, poultry |
8 | North West | 50–100 hectares | Over 40 | dairy |
9 | Scotland | 0–15 hectares | 20 to 40 | horticultural crops, dairy, pigs, poultry |
10 | North East | >200 hectares | 20 to 40 | beef cattle, sheep |
11 | Yorkshire & Humber | >200 hectares | 10 to 20 | dairy |
12 | East Midlands | 15–50 hectares | Over 40 | arable crops |
13 | Wales | 100–200 hectares | 20 to 40 | beef cattle, sheep |
14 | Yorkshire & Humber | 50–100 hectares | Over 40 | arable crops, pigs |
15 | Yorkshire & Humber | 100–200 hectares | Over 40 | dairy |
16 | South West | >200 hectares | 20 to 40 | horticultural crops, arable crops, beef cattle, pigs, sheep |
17 | Scotland | 100–200 hectares | 20 to 40 | beef cattle, sheep, poultry |
18 | South West | 100–200 hectares | 20 to 40 | arable crops, pigs |
19 | East Midlands | 50–100 hectares | Over 40 | beef cattle, other |
20 | Wales | 100–200 hectares | Over 40 | horticultural crops |
21 | East Midlands | >200 hectares | Over 40 | arable crops |
22 | Yorkshire & Humber | >200 hectares | 20 to 40 | arable crops, beef cattle |
23 | North East | 15–50 hectares | 20 to 40 | beef cattle, sheep, other |
24 | Scotland | >200 hectares | Over 40 | beef cattle, dairy |
25 | South West | 50–100 hectares | 20 to 40 | beef cattle, pigs, poultry |
26 | West Midlands | 0–15 hectares | Over 40 | horticultural crops |
27 | West Midlands | 15–50 hectares | 20 to 40 | horticultural crops |
28 | South West | 100–200 hectares | 20 to 40 | dairy |
29 | North East | >200 hectares | Over 40 | arable crops |
30 | Scotland | 15–50 hectares | 20 to 40 | sheep |
31 | Scotland | 0–15 hectares | 10 to 20 | horticultural crops, pigs, sheep, poultry |
32 | South West | 0–15 hectares | 20 to 40 | horticultural crops |
33 | Scotland | 50–100 hectares | 10 to 20 | arable crops, beef cattle |
34 | South West | 50–100 hectares | Over 40 | dairy |
35 | Scotland | 100–200 hectares | 10 to 20 | beef cattle |
36 | Wales | 15–50 hectares | 20 to 40 | arable crops, beef cattle |
37 | Wales | 0–15 hectares | 20 to 40 | horticultural crops, sheep, poultry |
38 | Wales | 50–100 hectares | Over 40 | other |
39 | East Midlands | 15–50 hectares | 5 to 10 | horticultural crops, beef cattle, sheep |
40 | West Midlands | 0–15 hectares | 10 to 20 | beef cattle |
41 | East of England | >200 hectares | Over 40 | arable crops |
42 | East of England | 100–200 hectares | 20 to 40 | arable crops, beef cattle, sheep |
43 | East Midlands | 0–15 hectares | 5 years or less | horticultural crops |
44 | East of England | 15–50 hectares | 20 to 40 | arable crops, beef cattle, dairy, sheep |
45 | Wales | 50–100 hectares | Over 40 | beef cattle, sheep |
46 | East of England | >200 hectares | 20 to 40 | arable crops |
47 | Wales | 50–100 hectares | Over 40 | arable crops, poultry |
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Jones A, Bridle S, Falloon P, Fredenburgh J, Reynolds C. Results of a Survey of UK Farmers on Food System Vulnerability over the Short and Long Term. Sustainability. 2024; 16(16):6851. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16166851
Chicago/Turabian StyleJones, Aled, Sarah Bridle, Pete Falloon, Jez Fredenburgh, and Christian Reynolds. 2024. "Results of a Survey of UK Farmers on Food System Vulnerability over the Short and Long Term" Sustainability 16, no. 16: 6851. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16166851