What Price Protection?
Future generations looking back on 2007-08 are likely to view it as a turning point with respect to agricultural production. Between 2005 and 2008 the prices of agricultural commodities increased by more than 100 per cent. In this paper, Sean Rickard examines the likely implications of the proposed reduction in crop protection substances for the economic condition of the farming industry, the knock on effects for the UK food supply chain and the availability, quality and most importantly the price of food for consumers.

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