b'12 December. The event was organized in conjunction with theplant nectar and pests without utilizing insecticides.publication of the recent EFSA statement that proposes criteriaOfficials believe that these incentives will result in more for the risk assessment of plants produced by targetedresilient and efficient food production in the long-term, while mutagenesis, cisgenesis and intragenesis. The statementtaking action to reach the UKs environmental goals for carbon, suggests a detailed risk assessment and would introduce thebiodiversity, water quality and net zero, shared a release.same burdensome and politicized pre- market approval systemFarmers are at the heart of our economyproducing the for conventional-like NGT plants as for transgenic GMOs. food on our tables as well as being the custodians of the land it comes from, commented Thrse Coffey, environment secre-tary. These two roles go hand-in-hand, and we are speeding Indigo Ag and leading Mexico fertilizer distributor ISAOSA haveup the roll out of our farming schemes so that everyone can be announced their intent to bring Indigos microbial technology tofinancially supported as they protect the planet while producing corn growers in Mexico for the first time, according to a release.food more sustainably.Indigo 30 has been proven to enhance crop yields of corn. ForIn 2023, the Sustainable Farming Incentive will add six the first time, the novel formulation will allow Indigo 30 to mixnew standards that build off of three existing standards intro-directly with fertilizer, resulting in a significant expansion of theduced in 2022 that highlight soil improvement and moorlands. window of application for the product for farmers. CommercialThe additional standards enable farmers to secure payment for launch is set to occur in the first half of 2024 after the registra- actions on hedgerows, grassland, arable and horticultural land, tion process has been completed.pest management and nutrient management, added the release.The government has also shared details on payment for farmers with an elevated version of the Countryside Stewardship On January 25, 2023, the secretary of state for environment,schemeone that will offer 30 additional actions to farmers food and rural affairs shared detailed plans for the UKs farmingbefore the end of 2024. This expansion adds to over 250 actions sector that helps farmers become more profitable and resilientcurrently available to farmers, with the scheme seeing a 94 per while they work to produce food sustainably. cent escalation since 2020 as it is now included in thousands of The Sustainable Farming Incentivean essential piecefarm businesses. Countryside Stewardship will open for its next of the governments Environmental Land Management schemesround in February, with Mid-Tier opening in March. has been accelerated, offering farmers a vast range of paid actions to control hedgerows for wildlife, wildflowers rich in RZN-adv-seedworld-wt3-210408.indd 1 08/04/2021 17:02EUROPEAN-SEED.COMIEUROPEAN SEED I 39'