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UK faces 10 per cent shortfall in farmland by 2030

30 June 2014 •

Cambridge Institute For Sustainability Leadership warns UK faces shortfall of two million hectares of available agricultural land

The UK faces an agricultural land shortfall of two million hectares within 15 years, according to a new report. The country may be unable to provide 10 per cent of the necessary farmland by 2030, the Cambridge...

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