ABSTRACT
Agriculture plays crucial roles in the UK, through its contribution to food security, the economy and culture, as well as its positive and negative environmental impacts. However, agriculture is also highly vulnerable to environmental shifts, changes in consumer preference and disruption to market access, especially as it is part of the globalised world. Great care is essential in designing appropriate agricultural policies and practices for all aspects of society. Brexit impacts market access, supply chains and the workforce, as well as creating extra economic pressures. It also leads to the end of the (direct) application of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to agriculture within the UK. As the CAP has played major roles in shaping agricultural policies across the UK, there is now both a need and opportunity for the four nations to reflect on how to develop their agricultural policies post-Brexit.
