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CATEGORIES:Land Economy Departmental Seminar Series
SUMMARY:What chances for sustainable UK agri-policies afte
 r Brexit?  - Professor Janet Dwyer\, University of
  Gloucestershire
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/68608
DESCRIPTION:The Brexit vote in June this year sets a considera
 ble challenge to those seeking a more sustainable 
 farm sector in the UK\, in economic\, environmenta
 l and social terms. Financially we can anticipate 
 reduced direct support\, particularly under the cu
 rrent Basic Payment Scheme (pillar 1). In respect 
 of support explicitly targeted to environmental ma
 nagement and rural development\, as well as suppor
 t for the hills and uplands\, less dramatic cuts m
 ay be foreseen. New trading relations might nevert
 heless cause significant upheaval in many sectors.
  It thus seems likely that policy and market devel
 opments will precipitate structural change\, parti
 cularly in sectors most heavily dependent upon BSP
  such as sheep and beef\, and a fair proportion of
  arable. There could be opportunities for expansio
 n in currently under-served sectors such as hortic
 ulture and higher-value crops. The changes will ex
 pose UK farmers even more to the strategic choices
  of major food retailers and processors. If a post
 -Brexit UK positions itself as a ‘beacon of free t
 rade’\, UK food sector buying patterns will be cri
 tical to UK farming fortunes as a whole. The pursu
 it of sustainable agriculture might therefore requ
 ire much more focus on food choices\, CSR and prod
 ucer bargaining power in future\, in contrast to t
 he dominance of its past emphasis upon agri-enviro
 nment schemes and the mantra of ‘public payments f
 or public goods’.   \n\nJanet is Professor of Rura
 l Policy and Director of the Countryside and Commu
 nity Research Institute at the University of Glouc
 estershire\, UK\, which is a specialist social sci
 ence group researching a wide range of topics in r
 ural/agri-policy and rural change (see www.ccri.ac
 .uk). Janet originally studied Natural Sciences at
  Cambridge before switching to Agricultural Econom
 ics for her PhD\, through which she developed an e
 nduring interest in understanding the Common Agric
 ultural Policy and its impact upon the rural envir
 onment and rural communities across the EU. Her ca
 reer includes 7 years working for a government env
 ironmental agency in England and 4 years at the en
 vironmental think-tank IEEP\, based in London and 
 Brussels\, as well as time in academia (Cambridge 
 Land Economy\, Aberystwyth and Gloucestershire Uni
 versities). She is an experienced policy evaluator
  of EU agriculture\, rural development and environ
 mental policies\, with expertise in integrated app
 roaches\, environmental sustainability\, CAP refor
 m\, innovation and institutional adaptation. Curre
 nt projects include the ex-post evaluation of Engl
 and’s Rural Development Programme\, the preparatio
 n of Malta’s new RDP\, and a major pan-EU study on
  public goods and ecosystem services from farming 
 and forestry (PEGASUS – see www.pegasus.ieep.eu). 
 She is also a founder member of the Uplands Allian
 ce\, in England and fellow of the RSA. 
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 4
CONTACT:Ingrid Cizaite
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