British Crop Production Enterprises (BCPE), the operating arm of British Crop Production Council (BCPC), has announced a new appointment to the BCPE Board.

Professor Peter Mills of the University of Warwick, a plant pathologist by training, will join the board as of January. He believes that the leading technical publisher and events organiser provides an ideal platform for experts from across the industry to discuss and provide independent opinion on crop production and crop protection matters.

Professor Mills is currently involved in identifying projects that will help growers adapt to the onset of climate change. Under the title of ‘Innovation Network’ the scheme is focusing on projects such as how geo-thermal heat exchange can be used to cool pack-houses and how farmers can improve their water management for crop irrigation. “It’s important that we also continue to find partners in the industry for us to work with and help fund these projects,” he said.

“Professor Mills has a distinguished and relevant background,” said BCPE’s chairman and exhibitions director, Dr Colin Ruscoe. “His applied biology and management experience will clearly enable him to contribute significantly to BCPC’s expanding range of crop production and protection publications and events.”

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