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| Butler, Allan J.; Winter, Michael. |
| The report presents a repeat of a 1989-90 postal survey to explore the land tenurial changes in England and Wales that have resulted from legislative and structural change. Clearly, since 1990, the introduction of Farm Business Tenancies means that the two sets of results, while not directly comparable, allows the occupancy of land under unconventional forms of tenancy to be explored and contrasted. Furthermore, many factors influence the occupancy of land including taxation, inheritance laws, the profitability of farming, and structural and policy changes within the industry. Therefore, the occupancy of agricultural land in 2007 should be set against this backcloth of socio-political changes that impact upon the industry. Finally, this report is split... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Land Tenure; Farm Business Tenancies; Agricultural Occupancy; Informal Tenure Agreements; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47560 |
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| Lobley, Matt; Butler, Allan J.; Courtney, Paul; Ilbery, Brian; Kirwan, James; Maye, Damian; Potter, Clive; Winter, Michael. |
| The purpose of this study was to take a fresh look at the nature of organic production, consumption and marketing in England and Wales in order to better assess its current and likely contribution to rural development and its ability to meet consumer expectations. Based on a mixed methodological approach the study consulted with 2,300 individuals to reveal a complex and multi-dimensional sector with a highly committed consumer base. The research aimed to describe and account for: (1)The socio-economic impacts of the organic farm supply chains on rural development; (2)The extent to which organic food delivers consumer expectations; and (3) The barriers affecting conversion to organic farming and expansion of existing organic farms. The research reported... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Organic markets; Organic farming; Organic consumers; Rural Economy; Multiplier Analysis; Simple Value Chains; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90374 |
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| Butler, Allan J.; Oliver, David; Chadwick, Dave; Fish, Rob; Winter, Michael; Hodgson, Chris; Heathwaite, Louise. |
| Conventional livestock farming provides consumers with cheap and reliable sources of milk and meat. Yet the inevitable by-product, i.e. livestock faecal matter, represents a potential source of pathogenic microorganisms. This paper applies the Faecal Indicator Organisms Costing Assessment Tool (FIOCAT), which was designed as part of the RELU project ‘sustainable and holistic food chains for recycling livestock waste to land’, to examine the costs associated with mitigation methods that may inhibit pathogenic transfers to water. FIO-CAT is comprised of three interrelated models: the economic dairy management (EDM) model, the farm business survey (FBS) model and the manure, infrastructure and environment (MIE) model. Specifically, it models dairy, and cattle... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Cost mitigation; Cost tool; Microbial organisms; Whole farm modelling; Diffuse pollution; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50939 |
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| Winter, Michael. |
| This paper provides an historical context to policy reform and agricultural adjustment within the EU, primarily through examining the development of policy concerns and issues in the UK. It suggests that, notwithstanding the emergence of a common policy for European agriculture there is still considerable scope for national, regional and local difference, based on the different cultural, political and geographical circumstances of member states. The paper examines how the underlying rationale for a common policy, built around the notion of family faming, is being supplanted by a new public justification for intervention based on rural development and agri-environmental distinctiveness. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Political geography; CAP; Rural development; Regional; Spatial; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15758 |
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| Butler, Allan J.; Lobley, Matt; Winter, Michael. |
| Bovine TB (bTB) presents a significant challenge to beef and dairy farmers. In 2009 7,449 herds were subject to movement restrictions in Great Britain because of bTB. Of these, 52% were in South West England and 20% were in Devon alone. With over 25% of holdings with cattle in the South West likely to suffer a bTB breakdown within the course of a year, understanding the cost implications on farm businesses is vital in order to demonstrate the impact that this disease is having on agricultural communities and the agricultural economy. The research undertaken for this report has revealed considerable variation across a range of different types of costs associated with bTB. Consequently average figures, either for costs or calculating compensation, obscure... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Bovine Tuberculosis; Costs; Beef farmers; Dairy farmers; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94718 |
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