The second major reason for a reduction in emissions was due to a decrease in nitrous oxide emissions, stemming from a decline in synthetic fertiliser use.55 This is largely thanks to an increase in the amount of animal feed that is now imported, particularly soya. The UK imports somewhere around 3.2 million tonnes of soya every single year,56 68 per cent of which comes from South America.57 This soya is sourced mainly from the Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado, the Atlantic Forest and the Gran Chaco. A further 16 per cent comes from the Netherlands – but as approximately 60 per cent of soya in
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