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Archive for the ‘CROP PROTECTION’ Category
BCPC supports drive to new crop protection research – but is £13m enough?
In order to help the agricultural supply chain meet the challenges of increasing crop productivity and reducing environmental impact, the Technology Strategy Board – in collaboration with Defra and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) – has announced the launch of a £13m R&D funding initiative. New EU regulations mean that some widely used crop protection products are likely to lose approval, and a key aim is to develop crop protection technologies to reduce the impact of these regulations.
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Government to launch £13m fund for crop protection R&D in wake of EU legislation
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills will announce later this month that it is to launch a £13m collaborative R&D fund to develop new crop-protection solutions in the wake of January’s decision by the European Parliament to pass tough new pesticide legislation, Horticulture Week can reveal.
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FSA GM engagement project chair announced
At the Agency open Board meeting, Tim Smith, Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency, announced that Professor John Curtice of the University of Strathclyde, is to chair the independent steering group that will advise the Agency on its forthcoming consumer engagement work on genetic modification (GM).
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Syngenta to encourage habitats for pollinators
There are now three targets for insects and habitats bird food , pollinators and the LINK project on insect predators . Lets hope Defra and NE see these wider habitat enhancements as applicable for ELS/HLS schemes
Syngenta media release (161)