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Brexit Bill, Natural flood management, Potato pests

Agriculture may need its own Brexit bill to be passed by 2020, but is Defra up to it? And can planting trees reduce the worst flooding?

Agriculture may need its own Brexit bill to be passed by 2020, but is DEFRA up to it?
Can planting trees reduce the worst flooding? We hear how the science is inconclusive.
Emily Hughes visits Harper Adams University to find out about the biological pesticides they're developing to try to control potato cyst nematodes.

Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

13 minutes

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  • Wed 15 Mar 2017 05:45

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Charlotte Smith explores how artificial intelligence is transforming agriculture.

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Will we still be able to grow enough food as temperatures rise and rain patterns change?

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