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Agriculture in the United Kingdom. A combine harvester in Scotland. Agriculture in the United Kingdom uses 69% of the country's land area, employs 1% of its workforce (471,000 people) [ 1][ 2] and contributes 0.5% of its gross value added ( £ 11.2 billion). [ 3] The UK currently produces about 54% of its domestic food consumption.
Land ownership in the United Kingdom. Land ownership in the United Kingdom is distributed in a Pareto -like distribution, with a relatively small number of organisations and estates, and to a lesser extent people, owning large amounts, whether by area or value, and much larger numbers owning small amounts or no land at all.
Agriculture in London is a rather small enterprise, with only 8.6% of the Greater London area being used for commercial farming, nearly all of which is close to Greater London's outer boundaries. There are a few city farms closer to the centre of the city and about 30,000 allotments. [1] There are 135.66 square kilometres (135,660,000 m 2) of ...
The Welsh Government is undertaking the first update to the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map between 2018 and 2020. Frequently Asked Questions describes how the quality of farm land is graded and what this grade means for landowners.
English land law. The area of land in England and Wales is 151,174 km 2 (58,368 mi 2 ), while the United Kingdom is 243,610 km 2. By 2013, 82 per cent was formally registered at HM Land Registry. [ 1] In 2010, over a third of the UK was owned by 1,200 families descended from aristocracy, and 15,354 km 2 was owned by the top three land owners ...
Agriculture in Wales has in the past been a major part of the economy of Wales, a largely rural country which is part of the United Kingdom. Wales is mountainous and has a mild, wet climate. This results in only a small proportion of the land area being suitable for arable cropping, but grass for the grazing of livestock is present in abundance ...
Agriculture in England. Agriculture in England is today intensive, highly mechanised, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with only 2% of the labour force. It contributes around 2% of GDP. Around two thirds of production is devoted to livestock, one third to arable crops. Agriculture is heavily subsidised by ...
Agriculture in Scotland. Agriculture in Scotland includes all land use for arable, horticultural or pastoral activity in Scotland, or around its coasts. The first permanent settlements and farming date from the Neolithic period, from around 6,000 years ago. From the beginning of the Bronze Age, about 2000 BCE, arable land spread at the expense ...