The battle against weeds - Amenity Forum's Peter Corbett on how it should be fought
"Frustrated farmer", environmental scientist and Amenity Forum executive officer Peter Corbett is working on the frontline of the crop protection industry "hoping making sure politicians legislate in a way that you still have freedom to operate".
From glyphosate to neonicotinoids, battles are being waged worldwide in courtrooms, governments and in the court of public opinion, and Corbett says decisions are made partly through ignorance: "It's quite interesting how little people understand about crop protection products.
He adds moves to ban glyphosate are based on arguments that "would be…
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