Harper Adams to host regional farming conference

THE question of how farmers will feed the world’s booming population will be addressed at a conference being held at the UK’s only university dedicated to agri-food science. Leading experts say to keep up with global population growth, more food will have to be produced worldwide over the next 50 years than has been during the past 10,000 years combined. Now Harper Adams in Newport, Shropshire, is to help tackle the issue of food security by hosting the European Food & Farming Partnerships’ (EFFP) West Midlands food and farming conference entitled ‘More With Less – Driving Performance,