Details of group meetings
and other activities.

The Inaugural Meeting of the
All-Party Parliamentary Group
on Science & Technology in
Agriculture took place on
11 March 2008.

Forthcoming Meetings
APPGSTA Annual General Meeting
Guest Speaker: Professor John Beddington, Government Chief Scientific Adviser
– Tuesday 23 March, Thatcher Room, Portcullis House – 4.30 – 6.00pm

Past Meetings
UK wheat productivity – research targets & needs
– Tuesday 23 February
David Sheppard presentation
Richard Summers presentation
Tina Barsby presentation

Agenda Minutes
UK livestock sector – research targets & needs, role of collaborative R&D
– 19 January 2010
David Leaver presentation
Geoff Simm presentation
Chris Warkup presentation

Agenda Minutes
New models for collaborative R&D in agriculture – the Technology Strategy
Board’s Agri-Food Innovation Platform

– 1 December 2009
Paul Mason presentation
Chris Warkup presentation
Agenda Minutes
UK horticulture sector – research targets & needs, role of collaborative R&D
– 20 October 2009
Neil Bragg presentation
Chris Atkinson presentation
Simon Bright presentation
Agenda Minutes
Rt Hon Jane Kennedy MP, Minister for Farming and the Environment, Defra
– 19 May 2009

Agenda Minutes
Annual General Meeting
GM crops present & future – is it time to re-open the debate?

– 24 March 2009
Graham Bookes presentation
Julian Little presentation

Agenda Minutes
Agricultural science – bridging the gap between basic and applied research
– 28 January 2009
Prof David Leaver presentation
Prof Jonathan Jones presentation

Agenda Minutes
Wheat Quality Research, nabim reception – 16 December 2008

Report Presentation
Professor Bob Watson, Defra Chief Science Adviser – 25 November 2008
Prof Watson presentation (5mb file)

Agenda Minutes
EU pesticide approval plans – 28 October 2008
Sean Rickard presentation

Agenda Minutes
Group Visit to NIAB – 23 June 2008

Programme Report
Inaugural Meeting – 11 March 2008

Agenda Minutes
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