The UK will need to import more than half of its food from abroad by 2040 due the decreasing levels of self-sufficiency in food production, UK farmers warned.
A new report published by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has argued that in the next 25 years just 53% of the nation's food needs will be produced from home farms.
The rising population and stalling farm productivity in the region will be the major reasons that lead to the crisis in self-sufficiency.
NFU Vice President Guy Smith said: "Currently, farming grows most of the raw ingredients for Britain's food and drink industry - worth £97billion - which provides jobs for 3.5million people across the country.
"With that in mind, the prospect of the UK becoming less than 50 per cent self-sufficient should ring alarm bells across all political parties."
The other reasons for the declining trend would be the shifting and conflicting direction on European and UK farm policy and a legacy of underinvestment in publicly funded research and development.
In addition, poorly crafted regulation and weak bargaining power within the food chain will also result in decline.
