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1. Working together will boost output: laboratory-based geneticists and field-based researchers need to work together if farming is to increase its output, writes ADAS research scientist Roger Sylvester-Bradley

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Sylvester-Bradley, Roger

Subjects
Agriculture -- Statistics -- Production management, Agricultural industry -- Statistics -- Production management, Agricultural industry, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Output is vital to the future sustainability of the farming industry. Not just economically, but also environmentally because high yields prevents pressure to extend the farming area. The UK has [...]

Published
2010

2. Scope to double production levels: UK wheat and oilseed rape yields could be almost doubled in a generation, helping to reach both food security and environmental goals. But new approaches are needed now

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Sylvester-Bradley, Roger

Subjects
Wheat industry -- Safety and security measures, Wheat industry -- Production management, Crop yields -- Safety and security measures, Agricultural industry, Business, Business, international
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Crisis talk is rife. If it isn't climate calamity, it's 'peak oil', water shortage, poverty or famine. The underlying fears are of unsustainable population and economic growth. The government's chief [...]

Published
2009

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