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020 _a9780955185335
041 _aeng
110 _aRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
245 _aThe climate for change in UK Agriculture
_breport number 2
260 _aCirencester,
_bRoyal Agricultural College
_c2006
300 _a71p.
_bwirebound
500 _aSponsored by RICS. 100 Club Annual Fellowship in Rural Land Management
520 _aThis report considers the capacity of UK agriculture to respond to changes in the political climate and the policy makers' ability to influence the direction of UK agriculture at regional, national and European level. Summary and recommendations -- Background -- Reducing energy consumption -- UK agriculture and climate change -- The policy climate -- The impact of climate change on agriculture in UK -- Agriculture's response -- Regional responses -- Financing and incentivising renewable energy -- The scope for bio-energy -- The scope for combined heat and power -- Conclusions Look at key climate change scenarios, highlighting the implications for UK agriculture and possible options for farmers and those who advise them. Also considers the effect which UK agriculture has on climate change and how UK agriculture could lessen this impact. (Summary L140279)
650 _aAGRICULTURE
650 _aRURAL
650 _aLAND MANAGEMENT
651 _aUnited Kingdom
690 _96268
_aRural
700 _aFane, Peter
710 _aRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
710 _aRoyal Agricultural College
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999 _c121700
_d121700