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Virtual Soil Trade



Global food trade with UK- By product



Global food trade with UK- By Density of trade

Post Brexit UK wants to build trade relatioships with the wider world. Countries including China, Brazil, and the Gulf States have already expressed their interest in striking trade deals with UK. UK have started discussions on future trade ties with countries like Australia, New Zealand, India, and US. As President Trump has said Britain is not “at the back of the queue”

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GHG emissions in the UK

Carbon Emission

Ploughing leads to loosening of the soil leaving it lifeless as inversion leads to oxidation of organic bacteria in the soil that provide it its fertility. We are digging deeper and deeper as we continue to lose massive amounts of fertile soil every year.

Methane Emision

Poor waste management of animal excreta leads to emission of high levels of Methane which further contributes to the Green House Gas (GHG).

Nitrogen Emission

Intensive agriculture renders soil lifeless harvest after harvest. To counter this, farmers need to input heavy amounts of fertilizers that end up in our food as well end up polluting waterbodies.

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Green house gases emissions haven't decreased over the the period between 1990 and 2017. In addition the methane emission over the whole period was about the sum of both carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions combined.

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Peatlands of UK and GHG emissions

The GHG emissions in overlapped with the Peatlands of UK signify the loss of Carbon from the most carbon-rich soils due to activities such as Agriculture, Grazing and peat extraction.

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Analysing the type of agriculture which are most intense in east england we have deduced that the combinable & sugar beet are the most produced but in all counties except Norfolk. However,Norfolk alone has the two other agricultural typologies which are Veg. Hort & potatoes in one said and on the other side the pigs and ploutry. These two types produce more then the one common type in all other counties and thus we can prove the claim that Norfolk is most intnense county in term of agricultural output. That why we will be focusing on Norfolk to reduce the impact of intense farming.

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Norfolk Broads

Geological History

Pollution due to Agriculture in Norfolk


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Norfolk is most intnense county in term of agricultural output.From analysing large farms location comapred to the different water ways, we can see that most of the farms are located nearby the water ways. Water ways are mostly consentrated in the flat district named cambridgshire. and in the Norfolk district where there is an intense amount of farming there is not a lot number of water ways. Ground water is the most common type of nitrate pollution in east england and norfolk is has all the pollutions typologies. In East England water ways are divided into 4 types such as Canal, Drain, River, and Stream. we can see that most of the drain are located in Cambridshire since its the most flat district in the county. Since the rivers are connected to the wetland, all nearby mega farms will affect negatively the broads since the mega farms use intense amount of fertilizers, have a monocrop production, and a highly mechanized system of agriculture.The most districts that contribute in this pollution are the Great Yarmouth, South Norflok, and Broadland.