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Niab Landmark: Issue 56 - Autumn 2024

Available to all - access the online flip-book and downloadable PDF versions of Issue 56 – Autumn 2024. Niab Landmark: Autumn 2024 In this issue: Niab CEO Mario Caccamo challenges the pursuit of agricultural policies that reward lower yielding practices, …

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Why farm productivity matters

The National Audit Office, a public body that examines taxpayer-funded investments, has already raised questions about Defra’s progress its objectives. The 2024 harvest results only confirm these concerns. The same report asked whether we have the data …

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Meet the Scientist: Dr Nichola Hawkins

Antibiotic resistance is a well-known problem in healthcare but similar problems are seen in agriculture, with resistance to the fungicides, herbicides and insecticides that are used to protect our crops. In this short video, Niab's Dr Nichola Hawkins …

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A look back at ISTA's Centenary celebrations

ISTA was created, with a vision of achieving uniformity of seed testing worldwide, during the 4th International Seed Testing Congress, held at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany in 1924 and chaired by Niab’s founder Sir Lawrence Weaver. With 26 …

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Biostimulant webinar - 28 Nov

During this 2-part, cross border webinar, we would like to exchange the knowledge on biostimulants with a wide range of audiences including growers, researchers, advisers, producers of biostimulants, and policy makers. The first part will cover new …

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