The Governance of Agriculture in Post-Brexit UK

This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the impact of Brexit on British agriculture and associated areas, discussing the Common Agricultural Policy and the Agriculture Act 2020. The Brexit referendum provoked new debates and questions over the future of agriculture in Britain and the potential positive and negative impacts of Brexit on both farmers and consumers. These debates, as well as the ensuing proposals relevant to the Agriculture Act 2020, have exposed the multidimensional effects of Brexit when it comes to agriculture. With a focus on profitability, the rights of farmers, environmental protection, as well as animal welfare, this book brings together an interdisciplinary analysis of the future of British agriculture in post-Brexit Britain. More specifically, it addresses the criticisms over the Common Agriculture Policy, presents an analysis of the Agriculture Act 2020, and considers suggestions for future developments. Through this analysis, the book suggests a way towards the future, with a positive outlook towards a competitive and sustainable agriculture that will satisfy the needs of farmers and consumers while ensuring environmental protection, animal welfare, and rural development. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food and agricultural policy and politics, agroecology and rural development, as well as policymakers involved in Britain’s post-Brexit environmental policy.

1 Studies of the impact of Brexit on UK agriculture Berkeley Hill 2 Maintaining high animal welfare standards in the UK Christie Siettou 3 Setting the path for UK and devolved agriculture Ludivine Petetin 4 "Public money for public goods" and property rights Irene Antonopoulos 5 Agroecology, GM crops, and the post-Brexit regulatory framework Miranda Geelhoed 6 Brexit and the Common Agricultural Policy: there and back again Viviane Gravey 7 Balancing productivity and the environment for more sustainable farming systems Matt Bell 8 The impact of Brexit on epistemic communities in agricultural and environmental sectors Aleksandra Cavoški 9 Legal models for implementing agri-environment policy after Brexit Christopher Rodgers 10 Northern Ireland’s agricultural quagmire: how to develop a sustainable agricultural policy? Mary Dobbs Conclusion Aleksandra Cavoški, Matt Bell, Ludivine Petetin, and Irene Antonopoulos

Irene Antonopoulos is Lecturer in Law at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Matt Bell is Professor and Director of Agriculture at Hartpury University, UK. Aleksandra Cavoški is Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Birmingham, UK. Ludivine Petetin is Senior Lecturer in Law at Cardiff University, UK.