date:Jun 12, 2012
Speaking at the Congress in Rome, National Farmers Union (NFU) president Peter Kendall called on the worlds farming leaders to work together to find solutions to the huge food production challenges that lie ahead. Studies suggest lag periods of 15 to 25 years between research expenditures and widespread implementation at farm level, he said. We must not underestimate that task. The time for just talking has run out.
The challenge was sustainable intensification. Put simply, we need to produce m