Sustainable Agriculture and Food: Four volume set (Earthscan Reference Collections)

Table 17.6

Avoided costs under different scenarios for adoption of organic farming, localized food systems and more sustainable

transport options

Scenarios

Current

external costs

(£M yr

–1)

Revised total external costs

under each scenario

(£M yr

–1)

Revised per capita external costs under

each scenario(p person

–1 wk

–1)

Avoided costs with new farm and/or transport

strategies(£M yr

–1)

A. Farm externalitiesA1. All farms organic (from Table 17.1)

1514

385

19.5

1129

B. Transport to retail outletB1. Local food system (all less than 20km)

1

B2. National with maximized rail

2

B3. All continental Europe

3

B4. All global ship

4

B5. All global air

5

23482348234823482348

(^22984233742712)
19,708
7.427.2
108.887.4636.1
(^21191506) (1026)
10
(364)
10
(17,360)
10
C. Transport to homeC1. Shopping all by cycle/walk
6
C2. Car shopping replaced by bus
7
C3. Car and bus replaced by home delivery
8
127612761276
0
126549
0 4.117.7
12761150727
D. WasteD1. All organic material composted
9
70 0
7