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Farming Today: Brexit and fishing; global biodiversity; rural work experience.

Brexit and fishing; global biodiversity; rural work experience.

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How might the UK's fishing sector fare in a no-deal Brexit?

Caz Graham finds out how the UK fishing sector might fare in different Brexit scenarios...

With the UK's EU departure only 35 days away, Farming Today looks at how different Brexit scenarios might affect the UK fishing sector. Moira Hickey has been to the north-east of Scotland to find out what fishermen think life will look like, after March 29th; and Caz Graham speaks to Andrew Serdy, a Professor of Public International Law and Ocean Governance at the University of Southampton, to find our what the future could hold in terms of British fishing rights.

A new report from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, on 'The State of World Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture', says the foundations of the world's food systems are being undermined. The analysis of 91 countries says that biodiversity is essential to global food production, but is declining worldwide because of multiple factors, including overuse of agricultural inputs and pollution. One of the report's authors, Julie Belanger, tells Caz why the onus is on governments to take action now. 

Finding a job in a rural community can be a real challenge for young people, which is why many end up moving to more urban areas in search of work. A project in Kent is trying to address this rural exodus. 'Grow on the Marsh' is a training scheme introducing young people to careers in the countryside. One of the businesses taking part is Honeychild Manor Farm at St Mary in the Marsh, where BBC Radio Kent's Dominic King met up with tenant farmer Stephen Furnival.

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