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Table 5 Card presented to the interviewed farmers describing Tightening policy and impoverishing production farming future (translated from Finnish)

From: Farmers’ futures: an application of the Delphi method in the context of Finnish agriculture

Tightening policy and impoverishing production

• Finland’s self-sufficiency in agricultural products will decrease

• Unproductive farming depending only on subsidies will increase

• Costs of agricultural production will increase

• Agricultural subsidies will decrease

• The number of farms will decrease

• Laws on agriculture will be stricter

• Farmers’ workload will become lighter (-)

• Political decisions will have a significant impact on agricultural production