Mr. John Spink:

Without this technology, it will be very difficult. We have known for a number of years that not only because of the European green deal targets to reduce the use of crop protection products, but also because of the rate at which we are losing such products because they do not comply with regulations or because pests or diseases are overcoming them, we are going to need better varieties with better pest and disease resistance to maintain productivity. It is becoming increasingly difficult to keep pace with the loss of crop protection products and the rate at which pests and diseases are overcoming them. It will be very hard to keep winning the fight.