Supply industry’s 30-year sustainability vision unveiled

Included in the roadmap from the Agricultural Industries Confederation are targets for a 60 per cent increase in input efficiency by 2050, a 40 per cent increase in the recovery of resources used in the making of inputs and the meeting of zero carbon emission goals by using more green energy and decarbonising production.

There is also a commitment for the sector to invest £1.5 billion innovation and research and development over coming years.

Robert Shearsby, AIC chief executive, said the seed industry was investing in varieties that can deliver high yielding and quality food or bioproduct crops, with fertiliser and feed manufacturers setting ambitious targets to lower emissions in production and on farms.