Wednesday 18 November & Thursday 19 November 2009
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Day 2 - Carrot Programme: |
SESSION 1 - IMPROVING TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY |
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1. 2. 3. Understanding Early Virus
Complex, Prediction and Control |
Dr Adrian Fox, Principal Virologist, FERA New Thinking on Sclerotinia and its Controls Dr John Clarkson, Research Scientist, Warwick HRI Success and Failure with Herbicide Programmes David Martin, Crop Consultant, Plantsystems
| SESSION 2 - RESPONDING TO EXTERNAL FORCES |
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2. 3. The EU Food Supply- Empty Shelves Ahead? |
Prof Ian Crute, Chief Scientist, AHDB Developing Synthetic Pesticides for Future Uses Wim Petersen, Crop Manager Horti, Bayer CropScience, Netherlands Challenges and Advances in Plant Breeding Bert Schrivjer, Head of R & D, Bejo Zaden |
SESSION 3 - SERVING THE MARKET |
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1. 2. 3. 4. The Road Ahead |
Patrick Holden CBE, Director, Soil Association Opportunities in Tough Times Sarah Pettitt, Chair of Board for Horticulture, National Farmers Union Consumption and Promotion of British Carrots Tim Mudge, PR Campaign Administrator PVGA & Wendy Akers, Mustard Communications Concluding Remarks, Martin Evans, Chairman, British Carrot Growers' Association
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