Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 October 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 30 October 2015 (named day). It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Friday, 30 October 2015 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Agriculture: Productivity
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the productivity of UK farmland; and if she will make a statement.
- Answer
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Defra produces a number of statistics on UK agricultural productivity and these are published on the GOV.UK website.
The land productivity index (calculated as total agricultural output divided by the amount of land in agricultural production) shows:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Productivity by land
98.1
100.0
103.8
99.2
100.7
107.7
Index base year = 2010
Care needs to be taken in interpreting this measure, as agricultural output is determined by a number of inputs, both within farmers’ control (eg. labour) and outside their control (eg. weather).
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 13691
- Session
- 2015-16
- Subjects
- Agriculture Productivity
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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