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tom wrote: > I mismanage a smallholding and have just had some stuff through from > Defra re the 2010 Agricultural Census. This is meant to be a full census > of farming in the UK for the EU and will presumably go towards policy > and grants etc. > They are planning NOT to ask farms below a certain size for information!!!! > I cant think of a better way of skewing the information in favour of > agri-business and away from higher productivity small units. > Tom having a major fume! > An economic study in 1980s, ( and the economist was my boss man) the study found that 'productivity' was inversely proportional to 'apparent site size' except in monoculture systems, these could not be indexed properly as damage long term was catastrophic (dust bowls etc)outside 50 year records as repeat events. A real damnation of 'collective farm system' in soviet side and was used to show allotments or family vegetable gardens (UK style when family managed) had high productivity! However productivity of allotments in 1980s was below that in 1940s but with more varied crops. -- Regards Eion MacDonald (eionmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) Electronic mail is not secure and may not be authentic. If you have any doubts as to the contents please telephone to confirm. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html