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England has a long tradition of animal welfare, being the first country in the world to enact animal welfare legislation. [30] Animal welfare legislation affecting agriculture includes the Animal Welfare Act 2006, the Welfare of Farmed Animals Regulations 2007 and the Welfare of Animals Order 1997. The UK in general has a good reputation for ...
On 19 March 2007, the European Agriculture Council voted unanimously in favour of a regulation on voluntary modulation tabled by the German Presidency. [15] The European Parliament agreed, on the basis of this text and associated declarations, to lift its 20% reserve on EU rural development budgets for 2007. [ 16 ]
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.It is responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the entire United Kingdom.
Dozens of green campaigners are calling on the Government to support farmers and address the “broken” state of England’s agriculture sector. ... budget to £3.1 billion in England at the ...
Many of these had previously been farm workers who migrated to the cities to find employment, [47] despite agricultural labourers' wages being higher than those of Europe. [47] Agriculture's contribution to the national income was about 17% in 1871; by 1911 it was less than 7%. [48]
Logo of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was a United Kingdom government department created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 30) and at that time called the Board of Agriculture, and then from 1903 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and from 1919 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
This was the best performance in UK agriculture since the 1990s. Agriculture employed 476,000 people, representing 1.5% of the workforce, down more than 32% since 1996. In terms of gross value added in 2009, 83% of the UK's agricultural income originated from England, 9% from Scotland, 4% from Northern Ireland and 3% from Wales. [3] [75] [76 ...
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