Agriculture

(asked on 27th February 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual increase in total factor productivity in the agriculture sector was in each year since 1995.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 4th March 2015

The table below shows the change in total factor productivity for UK agriculture each year from 1995 to 2013. Over this 18 year period total factor productivity in the UK increased by 15.8%. The effects of the poor weather in 2012 also impacted on the 2013 level of total factor productivity, as autumn planting for wheat and oilseed rape were down and the lack of forage crops produced in 2012 led to increased volumes of animal feed used in 2013. The estimate for 2014 is due to be published at the end of April 2015.

Total factor productivity in the United Kingdom 1995 to 2013

Year

Total factor productivity index (1995=100)

Change from previous year

1995

100.0

1996

98.8

-1.2%

1997

100.3

1.5%

1998

102.9

2.6%

1999

107.5

4.5%

2000

110.2

2.5%

2001

108.1

-1.9%

2002

114.7

6.1%

2003

115.1

0.3%

2004

115.4

0.3%

2005

119.3

3.4%

2006

118.2

-0.9%

2007

116.1

-1.8%

2008

120.6

3.9%

2009

117.4

-2.7%

2010

117.1

-0.2%

2011

120.6

3.0%

2012

116.1

-3.8%

2013

115.8

-0.2%

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