Brussels, 22/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - The agricultural organisations in the EU have called for increased funding for research and innovation, something, indeed, that the Commission is proposing in its reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP).
On Tuesday 21 February, COPA-COGECA held a major workshop on research and innovation. Its secretary general, Pekka Pesonen, pointed out that increased food demand, dwindling resources and additional pressures imposed by climate change mean that...