Warning UK could be ‘overtaken’ as potato research hub

It comes as growers are being challenged to move away from chemicals

Callum Clark

There’s a warning the UK could be “overtaken” as a hub for research into potato sustainability – unless we take advantage of latest technologies.

Experts at the James Hutton Institute say countries like China could leave us behind.

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