Soil degradation supercharging UK household food price pressures, new analysis warns

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NGO Save Soil said degraded soils were increasing the severity of supply shocks by making farms less resilient to drought, heatwaves and flooding

Food price inflation could increase to as much as 12% by the end of the year, with the impact of degraded soils worsening the impact of climate volatility and global shocks on UK production, according to new analysis from ecological NGO Save Soil.

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