A new survey released by Farming Futures - an industry-led project that helps farmers respond to climate change - reveals that one in four farmers have noticed increased interest from customers in their environmental performance over the past year. 53% of those surveyed recognise that addressing climate change offers potential business opportunities - a significant rise on 2009 - and the number of farmers producing their own energy has doubled.
A new survey released by Farming Futures - an industry-led project that helps farmers respond to climate change - reveals that one in four farmers have noticed increased interest from customers in their environmental performance over the past year. 53% of those surveyed recognise that addressing climate change offers potential business opportunities - a significant rise on 2009 - and the number of farmers producing their own energy has doubled.
Almost half are taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their land (48%), and one in three (31%) farmers are doing something to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Encouragingly, almost half (47%) of farmers are confident that the industry's target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 11% by 2020 can be met. A significant 47% are improving energy efficiency on their farms. The survey comes on the back of a big year for farming, during which Government legislation, the Feed-in Tariffs, media debates on the environmental impact of food production, and rising energy and input costs have put farming in the spotlight.
You can download the press release here.
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