§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1970, based on 1970 equals 100, the estimated change in the real income per acre under crops and grass together with the return on capital employed in the farming industry.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithInformation on the return on capital employed in the farming industry is not available. Figures for aggregate farming income are given in successive annual review of agriculture White Papers. The following table is based on these figures deflated by the retail price index and divided by the acreage under crops and grass in each year:
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Index of farming income per acre under crops and grass, deflated by the retail price index (1970 = 100) Year 1970 100 1971 101
Year 1972 100 1973 129 1974 94 1975 94 1976 104 1977 89 1978 81 1979 68 1980 51 1981 53
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1970, based on 1970 equals 100, the estimated change in real income of the median farmer and for farmers generally.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithI regret that the information requested on the median farmer is not available. Figures for aggregate farming income are given in successive annual review of agriculture White Papers. The following table is based on these figures deflated by the retail price index:
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 *1980–81 Barbados 39.9 52.0 34.5 60.1 59.9 Belize 103.3 99.6 98.9 100.6 96.8 Congo nil 48.9 nil 197.4 102.8 Fiji 100.4 100.7 100.4 100.3 83.0 Guyana 102.5 102.1 99.8 100.5 91.3 India 106.7 92.7 99.8 95.5 nil Jamaica 99.7 95.9 99.7 97.3 66.0 Kenya nil nil nil nil nil Madagascar nil nil nil nil nil Malawi 99.5 100.3 72.1 75.9 74.9 Mauritius 106.9 102.9 94.6 92.8 72.4 St. Kitts 85.2 100.3 97.6 103.0 99.1 Surinam nil nil nil nil nil Swaziland 102.6 95.8 101.7 98.7 110.4 Tanzania 104.7 96.8 100.4 99.6 nil Trinidad and Tobago 104.7 100.5 95.1 87.3 89.5 Uganda nil 108.2 nil nil nil Total 98.6 96.9 92.3 93.8 77.9 * Provisional Notes:
(a) These percentages are based on arrivals attributed to each quota year. In principle these years run from July to June, but some tolerance on delivery times is allowed to deal with unforeseen delays between shipment and arrival.
(b) The detailed rules for operating the sugar protocol allow for a degree of tolerance on quantities attributed to each quota year. Where these tolerances have applied in one year a corresponding adjustment is made the following year. The operation of these rules is the main reason why. in some cases, the figures exceed 100 per cent.