Farm costs and food miles: An assessment of the full cost of the UK weekly food basket

Pretty, Jules; Ball, Andrew S.; Lang, Tim; Morison, J. I. L.

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.02.001

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“…We followed earlier work to price eutrophication and loss of biodiversity [35], which itself is based on the estimated environmental cost of the use of pesticides and of nutrient leaching nationwide in the United Kingdom [45][46][47][48].…”

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Can Precision Agriculture Increase the Profitability and Sustainability of the Production of Potatoes and Olives?

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For farmers, the application of Precision Agriculture (PA) technology is expected to lead to an increase in profitability. For society, PA is expected to lead to increased sustainability. The objective of this paper is to determine for a number of common PA practices how much they increase profitability and sustainability. For potato production in The Netherlands, we considered variable rate application (VRA) of soil herbicide, fungicide for late blight control, sidedress N, and haulm killing herbicide. For olive production in Greece, we considered spatially variable application of P and K fertilizer and lime. For each of the above scenarios, we quantified the value of outputs, the cost of inputs, and the environmental costs. This allowed us to calculate profit as well as social profit, where the latter is defined as revenues minus conventional costs minus the external costs of production. Social profit can be considered an overall measure of sustainability. Our calculations show that PA in potatoes increases profit by 21% (420 € ha −1 ) and social profit by 26%. In olives, VRA application of P, K, and lime leads to a strong reduction in nutrient use and although this leads to an increase in sustainability, it has only a small effect on profit and on social profit. In conclusion, PA increases sustainability in olives and both profitability and sustainability in potatoes.

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Section: Determining the Price Of Externalitiesmentioning

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Can Precision Agriculture Increase the Profitability and Sustainability of the Production of Potatoes and Olives?

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“…Moreover, conversion to localized organic production systems is likely also to be desirable because estimates of the external costs (ranging from eutrophication and carbon dioxide emissions by transport to loss of biodiversity and landscape values) suggest reductions to only approximately 25% of the current ones of conventional agricultural systems (Pretty et al 2005). The real cost of food is currently approximately 11.8% greater than the apparent cost allowed for these externalities.…”

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Water pollution by agriculture

Moss

2007

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Agriculture disrupts all freshwater systems hugely from their pristine states. The former reductionist concept of pollution was of examining individual effects of particular substances on individual taxa or sub-communities in freshwater systems, an essentially ecotoxicological concept. It is now less useful than a more holistic approach that treats the impacts on the system as a whole and includes physical impacts such as drainage and physical modification of river channels and modification of the catchment as well as nutrient, particulate and biocide pollution. The European Water Framework Directive implicitly recognizes this in requiring restoration of water bodies to 'good ecological quality', which is defined as only slightly different from pristine state. The implications for the management of agriculture are far more profound than is currently widely realized.

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“…Conversely, practices like setting aside crop lands for conservation and no-till agriculture can sequester substantial amounts of CO 2 (1,3,4,19,20) . While 'food miles', or the distance food is transported from production to market, have received much attention, analyses suggest that transportation may account for a relatively small (though not insignificant) portion of food system impacts (21)(22)(23)(24)(25) . Using food crops for fuel also affects emissions; although some evidence suggests costs outweigh benefits (26)(27)(28) .…”

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Yesterday’s dinner, tomorrow’s weather, today’s news? US newspaper coverage of food system contributions to climate change

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Chan

Smith

2009

Public Health Nutr.

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Background: There is strong evidence that what we eat and how it is produced affects climate change. Objective: The present paper examines coverage of food system contributions to climate change in top US newspapers. Design: Using a sample of sixteen leading US newspapers from September 2005 to January 2008, two coders identified 'food and climate change' and 'climate change' articles based on specified criteria. Analyses examined variation across time and newspaper, the level of content relevant to food systems' contributions to climate change, and how such content was framed. Results: There were 4582 'climate change' articles in these newspapers during this period. Of these, 2?4 % mentioned food or agriculture contributions, with 0?4 % coded as substantially focused on the issue and 0?5 % mentioning food animal contributions. The level of content on food contributions to climate change increased across time. Articles initially addressed the issue primarily in individual terms, expanding to address business and government responsibility more in later articles. Conclusions: US newspaper coverage of food systems' effects on climate change during the study period increased, but still did not reflect the increasingly solid evidence of the importance of these effects. Increased coverage may lead to responses by individuals, industry and government. Based on co-benefits with nutritional public health messages and climate change's food security threats, the public health nutrition community has an important role to play in elaborating and disseminating information about food and climate change for the US media.

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Farm costs and food miles: An assessment of the full cost of the UK weekly food basket

Cited by 373 publications

References 27 publications

Can Precision Agriculture Increase the Profitability and Sustainability of the Production of Potatoes and Olives?

Can Precision Agriculture Increase the Profitability and Sustainability of the Production of Potatoes and Olives?

Water pollution by agriculture

Yesterday’s dinner, tomorrow’s weather, today’s news? US newspaper coverage of food system contributions to climate change

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