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Indicator: Agriculture: output volume, employment, inputs of fertilisers and environmental impacts n
Agriculture: output volume, employment, inputs of fertilisers and environmental impacts: 1974 to 2003
Indicator Chart

Coverage: United Kingdom

Source: Defra

  • Farmland bird populations fell by 50 per cent between 1974 and 1998, while output rose by 23 per cent and fertiliser use by 44 per cent.
  • Fertiliser use, volume output and employment have fallen since the mid 1990s, while hedgerow loss has been halted and farmland bird populations have stabilised.


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