English job losses highlight farming crisis
English job losses highlight farming crisis
- 2000
- Financial Times 19 December 2000, 4(1) .
According to the Ministry of Agriculture's annual census the labour force has dropped by 23,800 to 374,000, with more than 450 workers leaving farming in England each week. Meanwhile accountants Deloitte and Touche estimate that farming incomes have dropped 90% in five years. The sector's bank borrowings are reported to total £10bn.
WORKFORCE
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR
RURAL AREAS
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
FARMING
According to the Ministry of Agriculture's annual census the labour force has dropped by 23,800 to 374,000, with more than 450 workers leaving farming in England each week. Meanwhile accountants Deloitte and Touche estimate that farming incomes have dropped 90% in five years. The sector's bank borrowings are reported to total £10bn.
WORKFORCE
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR
RURAL AREAS
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
FARMING