The 30:50:50 Agri-Science Summit, hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture, will be held in early November
The event will consider how the UK can boost food production by 30% while halving agriculture’s environmental footprint per unit of output by 2050 and marks the conclusion of a 10-month inquiry into how science and innovation can reshape farming for the decades ahead.
Key challenges identified by the inquiry include slowing productivity growth, the loss of farmland, reliance on imports and regulatory systems that are viewed as over-precautionary and under-resourced. Witnesses also highlighted concerns that the UK’s research strengths are not translating into productivity gains on farms.
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