Food: Crops
(asked on 7th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to increase the effective use of agricultural land for food production.
This question was answered on 13th July 2015
Defra is investing £4.2million over three years in the Sustainable Intensification research Platform (SIP). This is investigating integrated approaches for farmers to increase their productivity while simultaneously protecting and enhancing the natural environment.