Key Issues to be addressed
- Learn from what has worked well;
- Identify common opportunities and challenges across the networks;
- Share and build upon key learning points;
- Look forward and consider how UK research, commercial plant breeding and growers will best address future challenges, drawing upon these unique collaborations to work collaborate across the UK agri-food supply chain.
Keynote Speakers
George Eustice MP, Minister of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment
Jack Watts, Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Market Intelligence
Peter Werner, British Society of Plant Breeders Ltd (BSPB)
Professor Ian Bancroft, Oil Seed Rape GIN (OREGIN)
Professor Kim Hammond-Kosack, Wheat GIN (WGIN)
Dr Claire Domoney, Pulse Crop GIN (PCGIN)
Professor Brian Thomas, Vegetable GIN (VeGIN)
When and Where
- Monday, 22 February 2016 from 09:00 to 15:30
- John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
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