Modern agricultural systems develop in the face
of changes at both a global and national level.
While arable farming is a highly competitive and
strategic sector of UK agriculture, it has to deal
with and respond to a range of global challenges
such as climate change and the imperative to
reduce its carbon footprint, the price volatility of
a globalised food system, extreme weather
events, labour shortages and more recently the
COVID-19 Pandemic. This summary focuses on a selected set of outputs from SURE-Farm and the work specifically
undertaken by CCRI
