BRITAIN UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN THE INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL MARKET

The UK has been more adversely affected by changes in the horticultura l industry of the European Union than many other member countries, Bot h orchard and glasshouse production have progressed little since the 1 970s and only a small proportion of growers have taken advantage of a recent government scheme designed to inject capital into the industry. The future for UK growers is not good and up to 75% could go out of p roduction altogether over the next 10 to 20 years unless their competi tiveness can be improved, for instance by upgrading the marketing syst em in the UK.