This seminar will examine the priorities for UK food security in a post-Brexit context.
Overall, areas for discussion include:
- Brexit - latest thinking on the implications for UK food markets, trade and consumers;
- International markets - priorities for future trade policy and commercial strategies, and identifying potential opportunities;
- Protecting UK consumers - from the impact of food price volatility, particularly those on lower incomes;
- Innovation in domestic food production - responding to opportunities, assessing regulatory options and improving knowledge transfer and speed to market;
- Funding - future investment and support for producers and others in the supply chain after the UK leaves the EU;
- Global positioning - maintaining the UK’s position in agri-food science and how businesses, research institutions, technology providers and others should develop collaborative approaches going forward; and
- UK agri-food policy - opportunities for the UK outside of the EU to review regulations governing food and the environment, and evidence-based policymaking, whilst safeguarding sustainability and safety levels in the face of pressures of negotiating new trade agreements and increasing productivity levels.
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