Agri-tech's role in driving diversity

Future success in farming will need new people regardless of their age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, skills or the career pathway that they took

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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Agri-tech's role in driving diversity

Helen Brookes, head of business development at the Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL), says to overcome the wide range of challenges the industry faces, there is a need to drive responsible...

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