The NFU report Agriculture and climate change acknowledges that the climate is changing but urges further research on the likely impacts for UK agriculture. It recommends the following actions as a means by which the farming sector can help combat climate change:
- More emphasis on supporting UK food production as a means of promoting self sufficiency
- More support for biofuels production and for the use of biomass in local Combined Heat and Power Plants
The NFU report Agriculture and climate change acknowledges that the climate is changing but urges further research on the likely impacts for UK agriculture. It recommends the following actions as a means by which the farming sector can help combat climate change:
- More emphasis on supporting UK food production as a means of promoting self sufficiency
- More support for biofuels production and for the use of biomass in local Combined Heat and Power Plants
- The use of energy saving technologies in the pig, poultry, egg and protected horticulture sectors
- More emphasis on novel and non-food crops
- Land management and carbon storage including zero-tillage practices
- Action to reduce methane emissions from livestock through modifying feed inputs
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