To enable a swift and effective response to the pressing issues of food poverty, economic instability and the impact of the climate and ecological crisis, keeping the farming community at the forefront. [...] This would allow for the assessment of the impact of a full basic income based on the high level of payment and the impact of removing conditions from payments made through the existing benefits system. [...] This new model needs to consider the individual incomes of farmers and essential workers across the agricultural sector, to acknowledge the importance of the work they deliver and reduce the pressures that are causing a mental health and well-being crisis for these workers. [...] A PART OF THE SOLUTION: Basic income for farmers Autonomy Sowing the seeds of stability 33 A PART OF THE SOLUTION: Basic income for farmers In this section we highlight the key features of a basic income that make it such a compelling policy approach to explore for the farming sector. [...] THE POLICY: Designing a basic income for farmers Autonomy Sowing the seeds of stability 53 THE POLICY: Designing a basic income for farmers If designed and implemented optimally a basic income for farmers could be key to a transformation of the farming economy in the UK.
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Table of Contents
- The case for a basic income for farmers farmworkers and food producers in the UK 1
- FOREWORD 4
- FOREWORD 5
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 8
- INTRODUCTION 12
- INTRODUCTION 13
- THE PROBLEM 18
- THE PROBLEM 19
- A PART OF THE SOLUTION 32
- Basic income for farmers 32
- A PART OF THE SOLUTION 33
- THE PEOPLE 43
- What its like to farm in the UK 43
- THE PEOPLE 44
- THE POLICY 52
- Designing a basic income for farmers 52
- THE POLICY 53
- CONCLUSION 58
- CONCLUSION 59
