Meetings
Details of group meetings and other activities.
Forthcoming Meetings
Past Meetings
Minister for Exports Mike Freer MP launches Agri-Tech exports initiative
10 January 2022
DIT Minister for Exports Mike Freer MP was joined by representatives of UK Technology for Agriculture and Genetics (UK TAG), the Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) and the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) to launch a a new initiative aimed at boosting international trade in the Agri-Tech sector.
Whatever happened to Sustainable Intensification?
13 September 2021 via Zoom
Guest speakers:
Professor Sir David Baulcombe FRS, Royal Society Research Professor, University of Cambridge
Professor Michael Winter OBE, Professor of Land Economy and Society, University of Exeter
Professor Paul Wilson, Director, Rural Business Research Unit, University of Nottingham
Professor Andrew Balmford FRS, Professor of Conservation Science, University of Cambridge
The socio-economic contribution of plant breeding in the UK and EU - study
Friday 25 June 2021 via Zoom
Guest Speaker:
Dr Steffen Noleppa, Managing Director, HFFA Research GmbH
Chair:
Lord Cameron of Dillington
PM’s Task Force on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform
How can we use post-Brexit Regulatory Freedom to unleash UK Agri-Science Innovation?
Brainstorm with George Freeman MP
Monday 22 March 2021 via Zoom
Guest Speakers:
British Growers Association, Hummingbird Technologies, NFU, Agricultural Industries Confederation, Crop Protection Association, NIAB, Global Farmer Network, SESvanderHave, Bayer Crop Science, Commercial Farmers Group, CHAP
Chair:
Julian Sturdy MP
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 16 March 2021 via Zoom
Julian Sturdy MP re-elected as Chair
Earl of Lindsay, Lord Cameron of Dillington, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch and Rt Hon Robert Goodwill MP re-elected as Vice-Chairs
Income and Expenditure statement approved
Drones in precision agriculture
Monday 22 February 2021
Guest speakers:
Viscount Ridley, House of Lords/Regulatory Horizons Council
Hendrik zu Knyphausen, VP of Operations, Hummingbird Technologies
Jonathan Gill, UAV Researcher, National Centre for Precision Farming, Harper Adams University
Dr Shamal Mohammed, Chief Technology Officer, AGRI-EPI Centre
Chair
Julian Sturdy MP
Post-Brexit opportunities for better UK regulation of plant breeding innovation
Tuesday 19 May 2020 via Zoom
Guest speakers:
Karen Holt, Independent Regulatory Consultant
Professor Jonathan Jones, Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich
Ian Munnery, General Manager, SESVanDerHave UK
Dr Tina Barsby, Chief Executive, NIAB
Chair
Julian Sturdy MP
Defra Chief Scientific Adviser - Professor Gideon Henderson
As British farmers face critical decisions over the future direction of agricultural policy, in the context of major challenges such as food and nutrition security, climate change, resource and nature conservation, the APPG meeting on 25 January will provide a key opportunity to hear first-hand from the scientist responsible for overseeing the quality of evidence that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relies on for policy decisions.
Joining the All-Party Group for the first time since his appointment as Chief Scientific Adviser at Defra in October 2019, Professor Henderson will focus particularly on the opportunities scientific innovation in agriculture has to offer in reducing the climate change impact of our food system.
For further information please contact daniel.pearsall@frontfoot.uk.com
Tuesday 25 January 2022 - 4.30 - 5.30pm via Zoom