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Integrated Land & Water Management in Floodplains: Experience of Agricultural Flood Defence Schemes in England and Wales
Grant reference: RES-227-25-0017
Impacts of the summer 2007 floods on agriculture in England
Description
Exceptional rainfall during the summer of 2007 caused widespread flooding in parts of England. While the focus of attention has been correctly placed on the impact on densely populated urban areas, large tracts of rural land were seriously affected by flooding. Summer flooding is particularly damaging to farming. This paper presents the results from an evaluation of the impacts of the summer 2007 flood events on agriculture. High financial losses were incurred in the horticultural
sector. Arable farmers incurred direct losses in the form of crop loss or yield reduction due to flooding and associated waterlogging of fields. Livestock farmers incurred indirect losses in the form of additional housing and feeding costs for livestock. Although total costs to agriculture were small compared with urban flood costs, they were typically large at the individual farm scale. Such impacts should be properly acknowledged in future strategies for flood risk management.
Posthumus, Helena et al (2009) Impacts of the summer 2007 floods on agriculture in England. Journal of flood risk management. 2 (3), pp. 182-189 Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Vancouver
Posthumus Helena et al. Impacts of the summer 2007 floods on agriculture in England. Journal of flood risk management 2009; 2 (3): 182-189.
