We are asking a lot of flowers for the future as an economy and as a nation as a whole.
We depend on them for food, supply, energy, fibre, medicine, and exceedingly delivering on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (zero hunger, excellent health and well-being, concerned production and consumption, climate action and living on land ).
And then, like never before, species have access to the tools to maximize their potential. From fresh breeding methods to better understanding how plants interact with microbes and one another, to understanding the effects of agricultural rotations, using plants as biofactories to produce novel, beneficial products and using them to provide “ecosystem services” like carbon sequestration, fresh water, and flood mitigation.
Co-creation, separation and spending correctly
Like many other sectors in the UK, the ability to generate innovative new ideas and undertake early-stage innovation ( so-called “value creation” ) is world-leading.
It’s the “value get” – harnessing this worth for economic development that has proved so much more difficult.
The discussion ranged from the apparently fragmented role of the UK R&, D landscape, ( as compared with that in the Netherlands ), to the need to use existing investment as wisely as possible, reducing duplication and ensuring” co-creation” of research between farmers and innovators. According to the panel, a new partnership between public and private investment is required to handle all the issues.
In it for the long-term
Both the screen and the market both delivered an optimistic message. There was consensus regarding the need for a long-term program with a shared perception, which will also aid in the growth of international investment in the UK.
It is obvious that the R&, D funding environment needs to change in order to add even more worth, and the regulatory culture needs to foster the growth and corporate traction of innovations.
And most importantly, to correlate with various plans involving the restoration of the culture and character, the transition to net zero, the UK’s economic development, and to ensure that the wealth of expertise and capability acts as a puzzle – an interlocking development ecosystem, rather than a collection of splintering and competing entities.
There is undoubtedly no better day to impart professional thought to a new federal than at their Party Conference and just three weeks into their authority.
This promise they were listening.
