Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment Sub-Committee Innovation in EU Agriculture Oral Evidence with Associated Written Evidence
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment Sub-Committee Innovation in EU Agriculture Oral evidence with associated written evidence InCrops .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 Written Evidence (IEUA 21) ................................................................................................................ 1 Oral evidence, 3 November 2010, Q 1–37 ................................................................................... 10 Supplementary written evidence (IEUA 33) .................................................................................. 30 Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and the John Innes Centre ........ 34 Written evidence from AHDB (IEUA 2) ........................................................................................ 34 Written evidence from the John Innes Centre (IEUA 22) ......................................................... 37 Oral evidence, 10 November 2010, Q 38–106 ............................................................................ 41 Supplementary written evidence from the John Innes Centre (IEUA 32) .............................. 67 Rothamsted Research ............................................................................................................................. 70 Written evidence (IEUA 17) ............................................................................................................. 70 Oral evidence, 17 November 2010, Q 107-143 .......................................................................... 82 Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and the National Farmers Union (NFU) .... 101 Written evidence from the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) (IEUA 6) ..... 101 Written evidence from the National Farmers Union (IEUA 14) ............................................ 105 Oral evidence, 1 December 2010 (am) Q 144-178 ................................................................... 110 Supplementary Memorandum by the National Farmers Union (IEUA 34) .......................... 125 US Department of Agriculture ............................................................................................................ 127 Oral evidence, 1 December 2010 (pm), Q 179-197 ................................................................. 127 Mr Paolo De Castro MEP..................................................................................................................... 142 Oral evidence, 8 December 2010, Q 198-222 ........................................................................... 142 ADAS ........................................................................................................................................................ 156 Oral evidence, 15 December 2010, Q 223-275 ......................................................................... 156 National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and Professor David Leaver ....................... 171 Written evidence from NIAB (IEUA 28) ..................................................................................... 171 Oral evidence, 12 January 2011, Q 276-321 ............................................................................... 176 Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) .................................................................................................. 193 Written evidence (IEUA 19) ........................................................................................................... 193 Oral evidence, 19 January 2011, Q 322-354 ............................................................................... 210 Agricultural Biotechnology Council, GM Freeze, Soil Association and Syngenta .................... 225 Written evidence from Agricultural Biotechnology Council (IEUA 1) ................................. 225 Written evidence from GM Freeze (IEUA 11) ........................................................................... 230 Written evidence from Syngenta (IEUA 23) ............................................................................... 240 Oral evidence, 26 January 2011, Q 355-414 ............................................................................... 247 Supplementary written evidence from the Agricultural Biotechnology Council (IEUA 35) ............................................................................................................................................................... 272 Supplementary written evidence from GM Freeze (IEUA 40) ................................................ 273 Supplementary Memorandum by Syngenta (IEUA 36) .............................................................. 285 National Institute for Farming and Food Investigation and Technology of Spain (INIA) ....... 287 Written evidence (IEUA 12) ........................................................................................................... 287 Oral evidence, 2 February 2011, Q 415-436 .............................................................................. 290 Supplementary written evidence (INIA) (IEUA 37) ................................................................... 306 Food Standards Agency, Professor Peter Lillford, Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc and Which? ...................................................................................................................................................... 312 Written evidence from Food Standards Agency (FSA) (IEUA 27) ......................................... 312 Written evidence from Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc (IEUA 31) .................................... 316 Oral evidence, 16 February 2011, Q 437-476 ............................................................................ 319 Mr Uffe Sveistrup, Danish Agriculture Attache ............................................................................... 341 Oral evidence, 2 March 2011, Q 477-509 ................................................................................... 341 Supplementary written evidence (IEUA 39) ................................................................................ 349 European Commission .......................................................................................................................... 354 Written evidence (IEUA 29) ........................................................................................................... 354 Oral evidence, 2 March 2011, Q 510-540 ................................................................................... 364 Polish Agricultural Attache .................................................................................................................. 376 Oral evidence, 2 March 2011, Q 541-564 ................................................................................... 376 DG Research and Innovation .............................................................................................................. 386 Oral evidence, 2 March 2011, Q 565-581 ................................................................................... 386 Dutch Government ............................................................................................................................... 397 Oral evidence, 2 March 2011, Q 582-604 ................................................................................... 397 Supplementary Memorandum by Frits Thissen, NL Agriculture Counsellor (IEUA 38) ... 409 COPA/COGECA ................................................................................................................................... 411 Oral evidence, 2 March 2011, Q 605-629 ................................................................................... 411 INRA, Scottish Agricultural College, Wageningen University and Research Centre ............. 417 Oral evidence, 9 March 2011, Q 630-641 ................................................................................... 417 Professor Charles Godfray .................................................................................................................. 432 Oral evidence, 16 March 2011, Q 642-672 ................................................................................. 432 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) ................................................... 447 Written evidence (IEUA 25) ........................................................................................................... 447 Oral evidence, 23 March 2011, Q 673-710 ................................................................................. 462 Supplementary written evidence (IEUA 41) ................................................................................ 478 John Deere .............................................................................................................................................. 481 Oral evidence, 6 April 2011, Q 711- 737 .................................................................................... 481 2 InCrops InCrops Written Evidence (IEUA 21) Introduction to InCrops - Science for business, not science for scientists The Innovation in Crops (InCrops) Enterprise Hub www.incropsproject.co.uk is a company wholly owned by University East Anglia and backed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the East of England Development Agency (EEDA). 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