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Anti-innovation EU policy has left UK farmers out in the cold now things can change

The EU’s anti-innovation approach to policy making has stopped UK farmers benefitting from the latest scientific developments – but now there is an opportunity to change that, says Mark Buckingham, chair of the Agricultural Biotechnology Council.

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Anti-innovation EU policy has left UK farmers out in the cold  now things can change

The EU's anti-innovation approach to policy making has stopped UK farmers benefitting from the latest scientific developments - but now there is an opportunity to change that, says Mark Buckingham, chair...

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