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Farming Today: GM Crops, Pesticides, UK Dairy Crisis

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14/01/2015

GM Crops, Pesticides, UK Dairy Crisis

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, GM Crops, Pesticides, UK Dairy Crisis

GM crops could be grown in England following a historic vote at the European Parliament.

MEPs vote in favour of legislation that will allow individual EU member states to ban, or allow, the cultivation of GM crops in their country. Presented by Anna Hill.

In a historic debate at the European Parliament, MEPs voted in favour of legislation which will allow individual EU Member States to ban, or allow, the cultivation of GM crops in their country. However as Farming Today hears it is still unclear what opportunities this vote will bring for UK farmers.

And as crops develop resistance to certain chemicals, an alternative to pesticides is being offered in Africa, by using natural predators and pathogens. Anna Hill speaks to Louise Labuschagne, who farms in Kenya, about the use of biological control agents.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Lucy Bickerton.

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