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Classifying plants and seeds has enhanced our knowledge

Posted by: Mara Ramans, Posted on: 31 January 2018 - Categories: Plant health
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What links APHA, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin and hairy rachillas? Mara Ramans, Head of APHA's Plant Variety and Seeds team, explains...

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How we know where your animals are

Posted by: Jane Tennant, Posted on: 23 January 2018 - Categories: Surveillance

Maps of livestock populations across Great Britain produced by APHA’s Livestock Demographic Data Groups (LDDGs) have been externally published for the first time. Jane Tennant, from APHA's Science, Strategy & Planning team, talks about their relevance and current work being done by the LDDG groups.

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