Today there has been a decline in the trend of farming. There are a few factors that have given it a setback. Population, pollution, poverty etc are the few factors that have led to the decline. There has been a drastic decrease in the number of people engaged in farming. The land earlier used for farming is being used for constructing new houses, malls, complexes etc.
Looking at the stastics of UK alone it has been found that the number of regular workers has declined from 105,000 in the year 1996 to 62000 in the year 2007 and that of total workers has declined from 246,000 in 1996 to 182,000 in 2007. This is the result of increasing prices of equipment used for farming like tractors, drills, sprayers etc. as well as due to introduction of better machines which has reduced the requirement of workers.
If we focus on the agricultural area, 18,750,000 hectares of land in 1996 compared to 18,602,000 hectares in 2007.  And for crops 4,722,000 hectares in 1996 compared to 4,350,000 hectares in 2007, shows that the agricultural sector has been stagnant in the country for more than 10 years.
Over the years the contribution of farming towards the economy and income generated, has dropped to almost half the amount. Survey shows that agricultural contribution to economy in year 2007 was 5753 million pounds compared to 10069 million pounds in 1996.
So the farming has a declining trend today and major steps should be taken to enhance the quality and quantity of the food generated from farming.